Table 1 The contents of major compounds of C. sinensis, C. assamica, C. taliensis, C. gymnogyna and C. tachangensis (mg/g) (Mean ± S.d.).

From: The proposed biosynthesis of procyanidins by the comparative chemical analysis of five Camellia species using LC-MS

Compounda

GA

GC

EGC

EC

CAF

EGCG

GCG

ECG

C. assamica

0.47 ± 0.01

0.37 ± 0.01

3.74 ± 0.08

1.99 ± 0.04

7.84 ± 0.24

34.73 ± 0.83

0.37 ± 0.01

4.39 ± 0.11

C. sinensis

0.44 ± 0.01

3.19 ± 0.16

8.79 ± 0.07

4.16 ± 0.02

6.41 ± 0.06

23.91 ± 0.19

0.19 ± 0.01

4.38 ± 0.04

C. taliensis

0.58 ± 0.01

1.43 ± 0.03

ND

ND

0.65 ± 0.16

15.37 ± 0.23

0.14 ± 0.00

3.39 ± 0.04

C. gymnogyna

0.10 ± 0.01

ND

1.20 ± 0.09

0.58 ± 0.02

2.34 ± 0.25

0.64 ± 0.06

0.17 ± 0.01

3.99 ± 0.13

C. tachangensis

0.82 ± 0.01***

ND

12.01 ± 0.14***

9.50 ± 0.10***

0.13 ± 0.03***

1.48 ± 0.03***

0.32 ± 0.01

0.09 ± 0.01***

  1. ND, not detected, ***p < 0.001 compared with C. sinensis. GA, gallic acid; GC, (-)-gallocatechin; (-)-EGC, (-)-epigallocatechin; EC, (-)-epicatechin; CAF, caffeine; EGCG, (-)-epigallocatechin gallate; GCG, (-)-gallocatechin gallate; ECG, (-)-epicatechin gallate.
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