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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
THEASINENSIN-F 0 Leaf not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-G 0 Leaf not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEIFERIN-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEIFERIN-B 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Anther not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Leaf 500.0 1100.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Seed Coat not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEOGALLIN 0 Leaf 6.0 56.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE 36 Leaf 2.0 4.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE 36 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 1.0 4.0 -0.90 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THREONINE 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 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
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 *