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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Camellia sinensis (Theaceae)

Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
P-COUMARYLQUININC-ACID 0 Plant *
P-CRESOL 8 Leaf *
P-ETHYL-ACETOPHENONE 0 Leaf *
P-ETHYL-PROPIOPHENONE 0 Leaf *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed Oil *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Leaf *
PECTINS 0 Leaf 65000.0 1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PEDUNCULAGIN 9 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PENT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Leaf *
PENT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Shoot 2100.0 2300.0 *
PENT-CIS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Shoot 1000.0 1400.0 *
PENT-CIS-3-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf *
PENT-CIS-3-EN-1-AL 0 Shoot 2100.0 2300.0 *
PENTAN-1-OL 0 Shoot 600.0 1100.0 *
PHENOL 26 Leaf *
PHENOLS 0 Leaf 50000.0 270000.0 2.45 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE 2 Shoot 15200.0 17800.0 *
PHENYLACETALDEHUDE 0 Shoot 15200.0 17800.0 *
PHENYLACETIC-ACID 2 Leaf 1850.0 3130.0 1.00 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimelanomic 8 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 3 *
Antimenorrhagic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 5 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 1 *
Antimitochondrial 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
AntiMRSA 3 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
AntiMS 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 37 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinarcotic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antinephritic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 5 *