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Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae)

Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *
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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
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillus 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 57 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibradiquinic 1 Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Antibradyarrhythmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antibronchitic 4 Martindale's 28th
Anticancer 16 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 4 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *