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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
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 *
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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