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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
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 3200.0 4150.0 -0.15 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHYTOENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Leaf 2600.0 11400.0 3.08 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POLYPHENOL-OXIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POLYPHENOLS 30 Leaf 100000.0 390000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
POLYSACCHARIDE-T-B 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant not available 17600.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-2 1 Leaf not available 5.8 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-2-3'-O-GALLATE 3 Leaf not available 167.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PROCYANIDIN-B-2-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE 3 Leaf not available 160.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PROCYANIDIN-B-3 2 Leaf 10.6 2100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-4 4 Leaf not available 46.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-4-3'-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 141.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PROCYANIDIN-B-5-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE 2 Leaf not available 141.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PROCYANIDIN-C-1 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRODELPHINIDIN-A-2-3'-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 4.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PRODELPHINIDIN-B-2-3'-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 18.0 238.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PRODELPHINIDIN-B-2-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available 18.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PRODELPHINIDIN-B-4 0 Leaf 56.8 800.0 not available 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