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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-O-GALLOYL-4,6-(S)-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 16.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1-OCTANOL 0 Leaf *
2,3-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Leaf *
2,4,5-TRIMETHYL-THIAZOLE 0 Leaf *
2,4-DIMETHYL-ACETOPHENONE 0 Leaf *
2,4-DIMETHYL-PROPIOPHENONE 0 Leaf *
2,4-DIMETHYL-QUINOLINE 0 Leaf *
2,4-DIMETHYL-THIAZOLE 0 Leaf *
2,5-DIMETHYL-4-ETHYL-THIAZOLE 0 Leaf *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Leaf *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Leaf *
2,5-DIMETHYL-THIAZOLE 0 Leaf *
2,6,10,14-TETRAMETHYL-PENTADECANE 0 Leaf *
2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-CYCLOHEX-2-EN-1,4-DIONE 0 Leaf *
2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-CYCLOHEX-2-EN-1-ONE 0 Leaf *
2,6-DIEMTHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Leaf *
2,6-DIEMTHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Leaf *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Leaf *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRIDINE 0 Leaf *
2,6-DIMETHYL-QUINOLINE 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiCVI 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Anticytotoxic 1 *
Antidandruff 5 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic 5 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 5 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 10 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatotic 2 *
Antidiabetic 14 *
Antidiabetic? 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidiarrheic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92.
Antidote 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.