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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
KAEMPFEROL 75 Shoot *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf 1010.0 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCOSYL-(1-3)-RHAMNOSYL-(1-6)-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf 700.0 1330.0 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RHAMNODIGLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 4 Leaf 4300.0 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
L-GALLOCATECHIN 0 Leaf 25974.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
L-GALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE 0 Leaf 79920.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
L-PIPECOLIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed Oil *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf *
LIGNIN 13 Leaf 65000.0 *
LIGUSTRAZINE 3 Leaf *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf *
LINALOL 0 Leaf 6.0 1984.0 0.73 *
LINALOL 0 Shoot 4000.0 10300.0 1.65 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf 6.0 1984.0 0.73 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Essent. Oil 82000.0 198400.0 0.56 *
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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 *
Carcinogenic 10 *
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 *
Cardiotonic 9 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Chemopreventive 7 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 18 *