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
BUTYROSPERMOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYROSPERMOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE	62	Anther	0.1	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE	62	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE	62	Leaf	3810.0	93000.0	1.38	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE	62	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE	62	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE	62	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE	62	Seed Coat	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE	62	Shoot	38100.0	47900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE	62	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE	62	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	327.0	2456.0	-1.09	Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIA-GALACTOGLUCAN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIA-POLYSACCHARIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIA-SINENSIS-POLYSACCHARIDE-TSA	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIAGENIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIAGENIN-D	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CAMELLIANIN-A	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
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 *