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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
1,2,3-TRIMETHOXY-5-ETHYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2,3-TRIMETHOXY-5-METHYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2,3-TRIMETHOXY-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2,4-TRIHYDROXY-BENZENE 1 Leaf *
1,2,5-TRIHYDROXY-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-4-ETHYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-4-METHYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,2-DIMETHOXY-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,3,4-TRIHYDROXY-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,3,5-TRIHYDROXY-BENZENE 1 Leaf *
1,3-DIACETYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,4,6-TRI-O-GAALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 5.0 *
1,4,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 100.0 *
1,4,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 5.0 10.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1,4-DIACETYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf *
1,5,5,9-TETRAMETHYL-BICYCLO-(4,3,0)-NON-8-EN-7-ONE 0 Leaf *
1-ALPHA-O-GALLOYL-4,6-(S)-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 30.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1-ALPHA-O-GALLOYL-4,6-(S)-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Plant *
1-EPICATECHIN-GALLATE 0 Leaf 8000.0 16650.0 *
1-O-GALLOYL-4,6-(-)-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf 30.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *
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 *
Antiembolic 1 *
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 *
Antienteritic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.