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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
LUPEOL 21 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE 16 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
M-CRESOL 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
M-DIGALLIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf not available 2200.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf not available 1200.0 1.54 Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL 63 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MESO-INOSITOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-AMINE 1 Leaf not available 50.0 1.67 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ETHYL-KETONE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-MERCAPTAN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-TRANS-DIHYDROJASMONATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-XANTHINES 0 Leaf not available 35000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Sweetener 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tachycardic 2 Martindale's 29th
Teratogenic 4 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.
Teratologic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 5 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyroid-Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tineacide 1 Martindale's 29th
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 8 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 9 Duke, 1992 *
Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tracheorelaxant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.