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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
EPICATECHIN-3,5-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 4.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-(3-O-METHYLGALLATE) 0 Leaf not available 47.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-O(3-O-METHYL)-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 71.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-O-(4-O-METHYL)-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 16.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 1 Leaf not available 20.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 5.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Plant not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 3.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Plant not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-P-HYDROXY-BENZOATE 0 Leaf not available 4.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-3-O-GALLOYL 0 Leaf not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-GALLATE 12 Leaf 5417.0 44000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHOL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHOL-GALLATE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN 6 Leaf not available 10866.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 28.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 3.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,4'-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 3.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,5-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-(3-O-METHYL-GALLATE) 0 Leaf not available 197.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Prostaglandin-Secretor 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 5 Alanko, J., et al. 1999. Modulation of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism by Phenols: Relation to their Structure and Antioxidant/Proooxidant Properties. Free Radical Biol Med, 26(1/2): 193-201.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 4 Martindale's 29th
Psychoactive 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Psychotropic 2 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Purgative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic 1 Daroca, P., Rodriguez, J., Reano, M., Canto, G., Miranda, P. 1996. Fever From Caffeine. Allergy, 51(3): 189-191.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 6 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant 1 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.
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respiraparalytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respirastimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respirotoxic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor 2 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Rodenticide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Rubefacient 2 Duke, 1992 *