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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Scabicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Schistosomicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Sedative | 18 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Serotonin-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Serotoninergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Sialogogue | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Soporific | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Spasmogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spasmolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Spermigenic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sprout-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication. |
| Stimulant | 4 | 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. |
| Stomachic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Styptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sunscreen | 7 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Suppurative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |