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
ETHYL-LACTATE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-OCTANOATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-PHENYLACETATE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-PYRAZINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUPHOL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUPHOL	1	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL	17	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	20000.0	165000.0	2.16	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	87000.0	300000.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOL-GLYCOSIDES	0	Leaf	500.0	4400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOLS	0	Leaf	not available	400.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORIDE	3	Leaf	not available	188.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURYL-ALCOHOL	1	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.
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALEGINE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	not available	3500.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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