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
LUPEOL	21	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE	16	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
M-CRESOL	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
M-DIGALLIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	not available	2200.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	not available	1200.0	1.54	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL	63	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MESO-INOSITOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-AMINE	1	Leaf	not available	50.0	1.67	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ETHYL-KETONE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-MERCAPTAN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OCTANOATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PYRAZINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-TRANS-DIHYDROJASMONATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-XANTHINES	0	Leaf	not available	35000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Leaf	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.