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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
GALLOCATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-EPICATECHIN 0 Leaf not available 37.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE 1 Leaf not available 1880.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL 13 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.
GERANIOL 35 Leaf 2.0 2546.0 0.95 Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil 31600.0 254600.0 1.48 Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Shoot 800.0 1200.0 0.24 Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERMANICOL 0 Seed Oil not available 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GERMANIUM 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-1 0 Endosperm not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-19 0 Endosperm not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-20 0 Endosperm not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-3 0 Endosperm not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-38 0 Endosperm not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-44 0 Endosperm not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-8 0 Endosperm not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-S 0 Endosperm not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOTHEASAPONIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE 5 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.