Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Tea

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYL-ALCOHOL	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCAPRONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOGIBBERELLIN-A-3	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Leaf	not available	1820.0	2.45	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCHAFTOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ISOTHEFLAVIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERALDEHYDE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JASMONE	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID	0	Anther	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Anther	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFERITRIN	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Leaf	not available	520.0	1.89	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	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
(+)-Inotropic	2	Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Singla*, A.K. Pathak, K. 1989. Phytoconstituents of Euphorbia species. Fitoterapia 61(6): 483-508, 1990.
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	6	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	18	Duke, 1992 *
Acetyl-CoA-Carboxylase-Inhibitor	2	McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Addictive	1	Science News, 145: 294.
Adenosine-Antagonist	1	McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	24	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	12	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	1	Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.