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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
1,2,3-TRIMETHOXY-5-ETHYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2,3-TRIMETHOXY-5-METHYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2,3-TRIMETHOXY-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2,4-TRIHYDROXY-BENZENE 1 Leaf *
1,2,5-TRIHYDROXY-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-4-ETHYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-4-METHYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,3,4-TRIHYDROXY-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,3,5-TRIHYDROXY-BENZENE 1 Leaf *
1,3-DIACETYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,4,6-TRI-O-GAALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 5.0 *
1,4,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 100.0 *
1,4,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 5.0 10.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1,4-DIACETYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,5,5,9-TETRAMETHYL-BICYCLO-(4,3,0)-NON-8-EN-7-ONE 0 Leaf *
1-ALPHA-O-GALLOYL-4,6-(S)-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 30.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1-ALPHA-O-GALLOYL-4,6-(S)-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Plant *
1-EPICATECHIN-GALLATE 0 Leaf 8000.0 16650.0 *
1-O-GALLOYL-4,6-(-)-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 30.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiacne 12 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 *
AntiADD 1 *
AntiAddisonian 1 *
Antiadenomic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 5 *
AntiAGE 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
Antiaggregant 19 *
Antiaging 6 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 13 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 5 *
Antialzheimeran 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.