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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,2,3-TRIMETHOXY-5-ETHYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2,3-TRIMETHOXY-5-METHYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2,3-TRIMETHOXY-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2,4-TRIHYDROXY-BENZENE 1 Leaf *
1,2,5-TRIHYDROXY-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-4-ETHYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-4-METHYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,3,4-TRIHYDROXY-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,3,5-TRIHYDROXY-BENZENE 1 Leaf *
1,3-DIACETYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,4,6-TRI-O-GAALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 5.0 *
1,4,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 100.0 *
1,4,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 5.0 10.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1,4-DIACETYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,5,5,9-TETRAMETHYL-BICYCLO-(4,3,0)-NON-8-EN-7-ONE 0 Leaf *
1-ALPHA-O-GALLOYL-4,6-(S)-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 30.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1-ALPHA-O-GALLOYL-4,6-(S)-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Plant *
1-EPICATECHIN-GALLATE 0 Leaf 8000.0 16650.0 *
1-O-GALLOYL-4,6-(-)-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 30.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypnotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 22 Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Hypoglycemic 17 *
Hypolipidemic 2 *
Hypotensive 18 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypothermic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 2 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 *
Immunomodulator 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 16 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 4 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 3 *
Inotropic 3 *
Insecticide 9 *
Insectifuge 21 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 9 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.