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Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae)

Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
EPICATECHIN-3,5-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 4.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-(3-O-METHYLGALLATE) 0 Leaf not available 47.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-O(3-O-METHYL)-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 71.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-O-(4-O-METHYL)-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 16.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 1 Leaf not available 20.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 5.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Plant not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 3.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Plant not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-P-HYDROXY-BENZOATE 0 Leaf not available 4.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-3-O-GALLOYL 0 Leaf not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-GALLATE 12 Leaf 5417.0 44000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHOL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHOL-GALLATE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN 6 Leaf not available 10866.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 28.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 3.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,4'-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 3.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,5-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-(3-O-METHYL-GALLATE) 0 Leaf not available 197.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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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
Capillarigenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Capillaritonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac 1 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.
Cardiodepressant 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.
Cardioprotective 7 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular 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.
Carminative 8 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.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 4 Abstract (See species file)
cGMP-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cGMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Chelator 3 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 18 Duke, 1992 *