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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
O-QUINONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
O-TOLUIDENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-TOLUIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-XYLENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-ENOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-ENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-TRANS-3-CIS-5-DIEN-2-ONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-3-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OOLONGHOMOBISFLAVAN-A 0 Leaf not available 10.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
OOLONGHOMOBISFLAVAN-B 0 Leaf not available 7.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
OOLONGTHEANIN 0 Leaf not available 1.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
OPCS 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Leaf 2192.0 10000.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiestrogenic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiexudative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigargantitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 4 Martindale's 29th