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
CHONDRILLASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-JASMONE	0	Leaf	not available	20.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-JASMONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	500.0	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-JASMONENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINALOL-OXIDE	0	Shoot	600.0	1600.0	2.82	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Shoot	600.0	1600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL-ALPHA	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Leaf	not available	20.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOHEXANONES	0	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.
CYSTEINE	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D,L-CATECHIN	0	Leaf	not available	2664.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAMMARADIENOL	3	Seed Oil	not available	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIENE-1-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	0	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
Antimelanomic	8	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	5	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antimetastatic (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	4	Martindale's 29th
Antimite	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimitochondrial	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitotic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMRSA	3	McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
AntiMS	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic	37	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyocarditic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinarcotic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antinephritic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic	5	Duke, 1992 *