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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
GLYCINE 12 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL 18 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUM 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTA-2-TRANS-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Shoot 600.0 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTA-TRANS-2-TRANSDIEN-4-1-AL 0 Shoot 600.0 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-1-AL 0 Leaf 200.0 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-1-AL 0 Shoot 200.0 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-3-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-1-EN-3-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available 370.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 21500.0 150000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Shoot 900.0 1300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 4 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergotamine-Enhancer 1 Martindale's 29th
Essential 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 12 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.
Fatal 2 Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fetotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 46 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
FPTase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *