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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
(-)-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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lipolytic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lipotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 19 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.
Lithogenic 2 *
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lypolytic 1 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 *
MAO-Inhibitor 5 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Methyl-Guanidine-Inhibitor 2 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Mitogen 3 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *