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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Camellia sinensis (Theaceae)

Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-P-HYDROXY-BENZOATE 0 Leaf 3.6 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-GALLATE 2 Leaf 15900.0 16600.0 *
(-)-EPICATECHOL 0 Shoot *
(-)-EPICATECHOL 0 Tissue Culture *
(-)-EPICATECHOL-GALLATE 0 Shoot *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Leaf 880.0 31000.0 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 9.0 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,4'-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 9.0 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-GALLATE 2 Leaf *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-CINNAMATE 0 Leaf 13.2 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 8 Leaf 7140.0 54300.0 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-P-COUMAROATE 0 Leaf 38.4 83.3 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE 41 Leaf *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHOL-GALLATE 0 Shoot *
(-)-GALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE 0 Leaf 1880.0 *
(-)-QUINIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
(DL)-GALLOCATECHIN 0 Leaf 12876.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
(R)-LINALOOL 0 Leaf *
1',2'-DIHYDRO-1',2'-EPOXY-BETA-IONONE 0 Leaf *
1',2'-DIHYDROXY-1',2'-THREO-BETA-IONONE 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antirhinitic 5 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinoviral 1 Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella 7 *
Antischizophrenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseborrheic 3 *
Antisecretory 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiseptic 37 *
Antiserotonergic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antiserotonin 1 *
Antiserotoninic 1 *
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 3 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antisindhis 1 *
Antisinusitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic 31 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.