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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
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYL-ALCOHOL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCAPRONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOGIBBERELLIN-A-3 0 Endosperm not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf not available 1820.0 2.45 Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCHAFTOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ISOTHEFLAVIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERALDEHYDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JASMONE 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID 0 Anther not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Anther not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFERITRIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available 520.0 1.89 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available 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
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 13 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiperoxidative 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antipharyngitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 7 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodagric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 4 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 7 Duke, 1992 *