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Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMELLIANIN-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMELLIASIDE-A | 0 | Seed | 656.0 | 2733.3 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMELLIASIDE-B | 0 | Seed | 291.0 | 3026.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMELLIASIDE-C | 0 | Seed | not available | 2.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPROALDEHYDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPROIC-ACID | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRYLLIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 536000.0 | 590000.0 | -0.17 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CASTASTERONE | 0 | Leaf | 0.1 | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 45.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-GALLATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHOL-TANNINS | 0 | Leaf | 100000.0 | 200000.0 | 0.71 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| CHASAPONIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROPHYLL | 21 | Leaf | not available | 5000.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHONDRILLASTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Phagocytotic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Pheromonal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photoactive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photosensitizer | 1 | Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp. |
| Phytoalexin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Phytohormonal | 1 | Russell, G. B., Phytochemical resources for crop protection, N. Z. J. Technol., 2, 1986, 127-134. |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PKC-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Poultice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Preservative | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Progestational | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |