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
DEGALLOYL-THEAFLAVONIN	0	Leaf	not available	17.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEGALLOYL-THEASINENSIN-F	0	Leaf	1.0	2.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-7-STIGMASTENOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEXTRIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
DIMETHYL-SULFIDE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
DIMETHYLXANTHINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
DIPHENYLAMINE	3	Leaf	130.0	11700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	30.0	10000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELECHIN	1	Leaf	not available	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	37.0	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	5.6	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN	40	Leaf	149.0	21250.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	20.8	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
Allergenic	29	Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analeptic	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Analgesic	18	Martindale's 28th
Analgesic-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anaphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ancylostomicide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	12	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Ankylostomacide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anorexic	2	Martindale's 28th
Ant-Repellent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th