Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Tea

How this plant is used

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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
NADP-DEPENDENT-ALCOHOL-DEHYDROGENASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN	56	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN-FRUCTOSYL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NERAL	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL	11	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL	11	Shoot	800.0	1200.0	3.24	Duke, 1992 *
NH3	0	Leaf	not available	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	46.0	76.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTIFLORIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID	11	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-AL	0	Shoot	400.0	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-2-ONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-CRESOL	6	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
Insulinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Insulinotonic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-1-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Interleukin-6-mRNA-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant	24	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
JNK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Keratitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Keratolytic	3	Martindale's 28th
Larvicide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	7	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Laxative?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *