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Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae)

Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
THEAFLAVIN-MONOGALLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-MONOGALLATE-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-MONOGALLATE-B 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVONIN 0 Leaf not available 11.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE 2 Anther 16000.0 29000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE 2 Cotyledon not available 577.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE 2 Leaf 5000.0 13500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE 2 Seed not available 109.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE 2 Shoot not available 63.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE 2 Stem not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEARUBIGENS 0 Leaf 17000.0 59400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEARUBIGIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEARUBIGIN 0 Shoot 135600.0 157400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEASAPONIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEASAPONIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-A 0 Leaf 3.0 48718.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-B 0 Leaf 128.0 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-C 0 Leaf not available 70.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-D 0 Leaf not available 18.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-E 0 Leaf not available 14.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimelanomic 8 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 3 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 5 Duke, 1992 *