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
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
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 *