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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 3200.0 4150.0 -0.15 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHYTOENE 0 Leaf *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Leaf *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Leaf 2600.0 11400.0 3.08 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POLYPHENOL-OXIDASE 0 Plant *
POLYPHENOLS 30 Leaf 100000.0 390000.0 *
POLYSACCHARIDE-T-B 0 Leaf *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 17600.0 -0.29 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-2 1 Leaf 5.8 -1.00 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-2-3'-O-GALLATE 3 Leaf 167.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
PROCYANIDIN-B-2-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE 3 Leaf 160.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
PROCYANIDIN-B-3 2 Leaf 10.6 2100.0 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-4 4 Leaf 46.6 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-4-3'-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 141.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
PROCYANIDIN-B-5-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE 2 Leaf 141.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
PROCYANIDIN-C-1 0 Leaf *
PRODELPHINIDIN-A-2-3'-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 4.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
PRODELPHINIDIN-B-2-3'-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 18.0 238.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
PRODELPHINIDIN-B-2-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 18.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
PRODELPHINIDIN-B-4 0 Leaf 56.8 800.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cholesterolytic 2 *
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 *
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 *
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 *
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 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 1 *
Collagen-Sparing 2 *
Collagenic 2 *
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 *