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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
KAEMPFEROL 75 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 1010.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCOSYL-(1-3)-RHAMNOSYL-(1-6)-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf 700.0 1330.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RHAMNODIGLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 4 Leaf not available 4300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-GALLOCATECHIN 0 Leaf not available 25974.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
L-GALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 79920.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
L-PIPECOLIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN 13 Leaf not available 65000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGUSTRAZINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Leaf 6.0 1984.0 0.73 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Shoot 4000.0 10300.0 1.65 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf 6.0 1984.0 0.73 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Essent. Oil 82000.0 198400.0 0.56 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.