"Camellia sinensis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Camellia sinensis L. (formerly Thea sinensis) is an evergreen Asiatic shrub of the THEACEAE family. The infusion of leaves of this plant is used as Oriental TEA which contains CAFFEINE; THEOPHYLLINE; and epigallocatechin gallate.
| Descriptor ID |
D028241
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.100.928.500.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Camellia sinensis- Camellia sinensis
- Camellia sinenses
- sinenses, Camellia
- sinensis, Camellia
- Thea sinensis
- Thea sinenses
- sinenses, Thea
- sinensis, Thea
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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