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Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae)

Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food

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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
CHONDRILLASTEROL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-JASMONE 0 Leaf not available 20.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-JASMONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 500.0 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-JASMONENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINALOL-OXIDE 0 Shoot 600.0 1600.0 2.82 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Shoot 600.0 1600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL-ALPHA 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf not available 20.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOHEXANONES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CYSTEINE 13 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D,L-CATECHIN 0 Leaf not available 2664.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DAMMARADIENOL 3 Seed Oil not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIENE-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 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
Fumigant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Fungicide 27 Duke, 1992 *
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 2 Duke, 1992 *
GABA-nergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroirritant 1 Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Gastrosedative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Goitrogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide 2 Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
GTase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic 3 Martindale's 28th
Hemopoietic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.