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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
BUTYROSPERMOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYROSPERMOL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE 62 Anther 0.1 not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE 62 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE 62 Leaf 3810.0 93000.0 1.38 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE 62 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE 62 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE 62 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE 62 Seed Coat not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE 62 Shoot 38100.0 47900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE 62 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE 62 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 327.0 2456.0 -1.09 Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIA-GALACTOGLUCAN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIA-POLYSACCHARIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIA-SINENSIS-POLYSACCHARIDE-TSA 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIAGENIN-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIAGENIN-D 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CAMELLIANIN-A 0 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
Cholesterolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Choline-Sparing 2 Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ciliotoxic 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.
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 11 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 8 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
COMP-Inhibitor 5 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *