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Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae)

Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food

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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
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
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticholinesterase? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticirrhotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticoronary 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 4 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *