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Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae)

Common Names
Tea
How this plant is used
Food
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
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STRICTININ 1 Leaf not available 130.0 1.18 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Leaf not available 880.0 -0.93 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNIC-ACID 41 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 33800.0 270000.0 1.95 Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Leaf 33800.0 270000.0 2.25 Duke, 1992 *
TARAXEROL 2 Seed Oil not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TEASTERONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE 22 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TETRAMETHYLTRIOXYPURINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAGALLIN 0 Leaf 3.0 4.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
THEAFLAVIN 7 Leaf 5.4 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN 7 Shoot 1800.0 14000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-3'-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 19.0 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-3-3'-DI-O-GALLATE 0 Leaf 18.0 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-3-GALLATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-DIGALLATE 3 Leaf 700.0 2500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-GALLATE-A 0 Leaf 1700.0 8300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-GALLATE-B 0 Leaf 2400.0 2500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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.