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
ASTRAGALIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AVENASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BARRIGENOL-R1	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARRINGTOGENOL-C	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Shoot	2100.0	2300.0	5.51	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOAXAZOLE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOXAZOLE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	10100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Shoot	900.0	1400.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BUTYRATE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ETHYL-KETONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed Oil	not available	76.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	27.0	84.0	-0.77	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiosteosclerotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiotitic	4	Martindale's 28th
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxalate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	63	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant (LDL)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipeptic	2	25 Dispensatory
Antiperiodic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	3	Duke, 1992 *