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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
O-QUINONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
O-TOLUIDENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-TOLUIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-XYLENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-ENOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-ENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-TRANS-3-CIS-5-DIEN-2-ONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-3-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OOLONGHOMOBISFLAVAN-A 0 Leaf not available 10.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
OOLONGHOMOBISFLAVAN-B 0 Leaf not available 7.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
OOLONGTHEANIN 0 Leaf not available 1.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
OPCS 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Leaf 2192.0 10000.0 -0.18 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
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 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 16 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 4 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 9 Duke, 1992 *
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.