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Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae)

Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food

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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
4-METHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-N-BUTYL-QUINOLINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-TERPINEOL 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-VINYL-PYRIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
44 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-6 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-ALPHA-TIRUCALLA-7,24-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed Oil not available 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-DEHYDROSHIKIMIC-ACID-REDUCTASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-ISOPROPYL-HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-2-ETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
5-METHYL-2-PHENYL-HEX-2-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
5-METHYL-2-PHENYL-HEX-2-EN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-THIAZOLE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYLCYTOSINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,10-DIMETHYL-UNDECAN-2-ONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,7-EPOXY-DIHYDROTHEASPIRANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,8-DI-C-BETA-D-ARABINOPYRANOSYL-APIGENIN 0 Leaf not available 20.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
6-HYDROXY-DIHYDROTHEASPIRANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-KETO-28-HOMOBRASSINOLIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-KETO-28-NORBRASSINOLIDE 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 *