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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
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 *
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 *