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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
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AVENASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BARRIGENOL-R1 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BARRINGTOGENOL-C 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Shoot 2100.0 2300.0 5.51 Duke, 1992 *
BENZOAXAZOLE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOXAZOLE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 10100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Shoot 900.0 1400.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BUTYRATE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ETHYL-KETONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Seed Oil not available 76.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 27.0 84.0 -0.77 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL 0 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
Anticancer (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 2 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticarcinomic (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticaries 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 17 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticellulitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *