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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
HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-BUTYRATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-HEX-CIS-3-ENOATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-HEX-CIS-3-ENONATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-METHYL-BUTYRATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-PROPIONATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Shoot 5500.0 10300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXENOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-BUTYRATE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-FORMATE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-PHENYLACETATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPOXANTHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 189.0 1500.0 2.88 Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMYL-ACETATE 2 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 *