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
GALLOCATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-EPICATECHIN	0	Leaf	not available	37.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE	1	Leaf	not available	1880.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	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.
GERANIOL	35	Leaf	2.0	2546.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Leaf Essent. Oil	31600.0	254600.0	1.48	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Shoot	800.0	1200.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMANICOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMANIUM	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-1	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-19	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-20	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-3	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-38	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-44	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-8	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-S	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOTHEASAPONIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE	5	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
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineuropathic?	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic	7	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	10	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiobesity	9	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiodontalgic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antioncychomycotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antionychogryphotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiophidic	6	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	8	Duke, 1992 *