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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
4-METHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Leaf *
4-N-BUTYL-QUINOLINE 0 Leaf *
4-TERPINEOL 8 Leaf *
4-VINYL-PYRIDINE 0 Leaf *
44 0 Leaf *
5-6 0 Leaf *
5-ALPHA-TIRUCALLA-7,24-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed Oil 12.0 *
5-DEHYDROSHIKIMIC-ACID-REDUCTASE 0 Plant *
5-ISOPROPYL-HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Leaf *
5-METHYL-2-ETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
5-METHYL-2-PHENYL-HEX-2-1-AL 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
5-METHYL-2-PHENYL-HEX-2-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf *
5-METHYL-THIAZOLE 0 Leaf *
5-METHYLCYTOSINE 0 Leaf *
6,10-DIMETHYL-UNDECAN-2-ONE 0 Leaf *
6,7-EPOXY-DIHYDROTHEASPIRANE 0 Leaf *
6,8-DI-C-BETA-D-ARABINOPYRANOSYL-APIGENIN 0 Leaf 20.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
6-HYDROXY-DIHYDROTHEASPIRANE 0 Leaf *
6-KETO-28-HOMOBRASSINOLIDE 0 Leaf *
6-KETO-28-NORBRASSINOLIDE 0 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bradycardic 1 Martindale's 28th
Bronchodilator 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchomucolytic 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Bronchomucotropic 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchorrheic 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Bruchifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 9 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Inhibitor 3 Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133.
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 9 *
Cancer-Preventive 57 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 15 Martindale's 28th
Candidistat 2 *
Capillarifortificant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.