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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
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-CINNAMATE 0 Leaf not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 3 Leaf not available 224.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 4.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)-EPICATECHIN-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 44.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-P-CAFFEOATE 0 Leaf not available 2.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-P-COUMARATE 0 Leaf not available 83.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE 3 Leaf 16600.0 54300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHOL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHOL-GALLATE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPITHEAFLAGALLIN 0 Leaf 6.0 74.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPITHEAFLAGALLIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 17.0 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPITHEAFLAVIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPITHEAFLAVIC-ACID-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHER 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-3-HYDROXY-BUTYRATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE 6 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
Aphidifuge 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 14 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 3 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Arrhythmigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *