Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Tea

How this plant is used

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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
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-CINNAMATE	0	Leaf	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	3	Leaf	not available	224.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	4.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)-EPICATECHIN-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	44.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-P-CAFFEOATE	0	Leaf	not available	2.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-P-COUMARATE	0	Leaf	not available	83.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE	3	Leaf	16600.0	54300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHOL-GALLATE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
EPITHEAFLAGALLIN	0	Leaf	6.0	74.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
EPITHEAFLAGALLIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	17.0	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPITHEAFLAVIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPITHEAFLAVIC-ACID-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-3-HYDROXY-BUTYRATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE	6	Leaf	not available	not available	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
Antileukemic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	4	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial	4	Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary*, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimange	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *