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
6-KETO-BRASSINOLIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-2-ETHYL-PYRAZINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
6-METHYL-QUINOLINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-C-ASCORBYL-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	11.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADENINE	11	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.
ALANINE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BETA-HEXENAL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-DAMASCONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-DIHYDROERGOSTEROL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-IONONE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-IONONE	5	Shoot	300.0	500.0	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
Antihypotensive	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihysteric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiichthyosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiimplantation	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiincontinence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	46	Martindale's 28th
Antiinsomniac	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	3	Martindale's 28th