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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
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-BUTYRATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-CAPROATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-HEXANOATE 0 Shoot 200.0 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-ENYL-FORMATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-ENYL-HEX-TRANS-2-ENOATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-ENYL-HEX-TRANS-2-ENONATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-ENYL-PROPIONATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 11300.0 254800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Shoot 20900.0 31000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL 0 Shoot 400.0 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-ENYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-ENYL-BUTYRATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-ENYL-FORMATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-ENYL-HEXANOATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-ENYL-PROPIONATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 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
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