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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
2-O-BETA-1-ARABINOPYRANOSIDE-MYOINOSITOL	Leaf	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-O-BETA-L-ARABINOPYRANOSIDE-MYOINOSITOL	Leaf	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-O-BETA-L-ARABINOSIDE-MYOINOSITOL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYL-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHYL-ALCOHOL	Shoot	1000.0	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
22,23-DIHYDROSPINASTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
22,23-DIHYDROSPINASTEROL	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
22,23-DIHYDROSPINASTERONE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
22,23-DIHYDROSPINASTERONE	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24(S)-ETHYL-BRASSINONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYL-BRASSINONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-DAMMARENOL	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
28-NORBRASSINOLIDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3'-O-GALLATE-PRODELPHINIDIN-B-2	Leaf	not available	147.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3'-OXO-BETA-IONONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3'-OXO-BETA-IONONE	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIMETHOXY-ACETOPHENONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DIMETHYL-2-ETHYL-PYRAZINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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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
Antihemorrhoidal	3	Martindale's 28th
Antihepatitic	5	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	17	Okuda, T., Yoshida, T., and Hatano, T. Antioxidant Effects of Tannins and Related Polyphenols. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.7 p.93.
Antiherpetic	18	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	16	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
AntiHIV	17	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihydrocoele	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.