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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
DEGALLOYL-THEAFLAVONIN 0 Leaf not available 17.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEGALLOYL-THEASINENSIN-F 0 Leaf 1.0 2.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-7-STIGMASTENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEXTRIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DIMETHYL-SULFIDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
DIMETHYLXANTHINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
DIPHENYLAMINE 3 Leaf 130.0 11700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf 30.0 10000.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELECHIN 1 Leaf not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 37.0 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 5.6 11.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN 40 Leaf 149.0 21250.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 20.8 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
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 3 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Antipsoriac 4 Martindale's 28th
Antipurpuric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antipyruvetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiradicular 26 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 2 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretinitic Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 8 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th