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Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae)

Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
O-QUINONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
O-TOLUIDENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-TOLUIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-XYLENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-ENOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-ENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-TRANS-3-CIS-5-DIEN-2-ONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-3-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OOLONGHOMOBISFLAVAN-A 0 Leaf not available 10.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
OOLONGHOMOBISFLAVAN-B 0 Leaf not available 7.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
OOLONGTHEANIN 0 Leaf not available 1.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
OPCS 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Leaf 2192.0 10000.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *