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

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Tea

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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
GALLOCATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-EPICATECHIN	0	Leaf	not available	37.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE	1	Leaf	not available	1880.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	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.
GERANIOL	35	Leaf	2.0	2546.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Leaf Essent. Oil	31600.0	254600.0	1.48	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Shoot	800.0	1200.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMANICOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMANIUM	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-1	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-19	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-20	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-3	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-38	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-44	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-8	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-S	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOTHEASAPONIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE	5	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
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antischizophrenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic	3	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiserotoninic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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.