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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
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL 0 Shoot 800.0 1000.0 1.41 *
BETA-DAMASCENONE 3 Leaf *
BETA-DAMASCONE 0 Leaf *
BETA-GAMMA-HEXENOL 0 Leaf *
BETA-GLUCOGALLIN 0 Leaf 28.4 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Leaf 31.0 0.14 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 200.0 3100.0 1.00 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Shoot 1700.0 2900.0 2.00 *
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE 5 Leaf *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf 2130.0 2230.0 0.13 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed Oil *
BRASSICASTEROL 0 Seed *
BRASSICASTEROL 0 Seed Oil *
BRASSINOLIDE 3 Leaf 0.0 *
BRASSINONE 0 Leaf *
BUTAN-2-OL 0 Leaf *
BUTYRALDEHYDE 2 Leaf *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant *
BUTYROIN 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Aphidifuge 2 *
Aphrodisiac 1 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 14 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 3 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Arrhythmigenic 1 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 3 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 3 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 *
Bactericide 1 Wealth of India.
Bacteristat 3 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Barbituate-Synergist 1 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 12 Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 *