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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
EPICATECHIN-3,5-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 4.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-(3-O-METHYLGALLATE) 0 Leaf not available 47.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-O(3-O-METHYL)-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 71.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-O-(4-O-METHYL)-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 16.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 1 Leaf not available 20.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 5.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Plant not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 3.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Plant not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-3-O-P-HYDROXY-BENZOATE 0 Leaf not available 4.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHIN-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-3-O-GALLOYL 0 Leaf not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-GALLATE 12 Leaf 5417.0 44000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHOL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPICATECHOL-GALLATE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN 6 Leaf not available 10866.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 28.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 3.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,4'-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 3.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,5-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-(3-O-METHYL-GALLATE) 0 Leaf not available 197.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidote (pesticides) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysenteric 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 13 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiembolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic 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.
Antiemphysemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.