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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-P-HYDROXY-BENZOATE 0 Leaf 3.6 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-GALLATE 2 Leaf 15900.0 16600.0 *
(-)-EPICATECHOL 0 Shoot *
(-)-EPICATECHOL 0 Tissue Culture *
(-)-EPICATECHOL-GALLATE 0 Shoot *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Leaf 880.0 31000.0 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 9.0 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,4'-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 9.0 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-GALLATE 2 Leaf *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-CINNAMATE 0 Leaf 13.2 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 8 Leaf 7140.0 54300.0 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-P-COUMAROATE 0 Leaf 38.4 83.3 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE 41 Leaf *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHOL-GALLATE 0 Shoot *
(-)-GALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE 0 Leaf 1880.0 *
(-)-QUINIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
(DL)-GALLOCATECHIN 0 Leaf 12876.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
(R)-LINALOOL 0 Leaf *
1',2'-DIHYDRO-1',2'-EPOXY-BETA-IONONE 0 Leaf *
1',2'-DIHYDROXY-1',2'-THREO-BETA-IONONE 0 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 19 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatoregenerative 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Hepatotonic 1 *
Hepatotoxic 3 Martindale's 29th
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 9 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Herpetifuge 1 *
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
Histaminic 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Hypercholesterolemic 3 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hypertensive 3 *
Hyperuricemic 2 Martindale's 28th