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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Camellia sinensis (Theaceae)

Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ETHYL-LACTATE 1 Leaf *
ETHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Leaf *
ETHYL-PHENYLACETATE 1 Leaf *
ETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Leaf *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit Essent. Oil *
EUPHOL 1 Seed *
EUPHOL 1 Seed Oil *
FARNESOL 17 Leaf *
FAT 0 Leaf 20000.0 165000.0 2.16 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 87000.0 300000.0 1.71 *
FLAVONOL-GLYCOSIDES 0 Leaf 500.0 4400.0 *
FLAVONOLS 0 Leaf 400.0 -1.00 *
FLUORIDE 3 Leaf 188.0 1.00 *
FURFURYL-ALCOHOL 1 Leaf Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil *
GALEGINE 4 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf 3500.0 -0.75 *
GALLOCATECHIN 0 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Transdermal 5 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Tremorigenic 2 *
Trichomonicide 11 *
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 1 *
Tumorigenic 4 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 6 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 4 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Urokinase-Inhibitor 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic 3 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 4 *
Vasoconstrictor 1 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.