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
P-COUMARYLQUININC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-ETHYL-ACETOPHENONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-ETHYL-PROPIOPHENONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS	0	Leaf	not available	65000.0	1.00	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PEDUNCULAGIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PENT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Shoot	2100.0	2300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENT-CIS-2-EN-1-OL	0	Shoot	1000.0	1400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENT-CIS-3-EN-1-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENT-CIS-3-EN-1-AL	0	Shoot	2100.0	2300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-1-OL	0	Shoot	600.0	1100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL	26	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOLS	0	Leaf	50000.0	270000.0	2.45	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Shoot	15200.0	17800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLACETALDEHUDE	0	Shoot	15200.0	17800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLACETIC-ACID	2	Leaf	1850.0	3130.0	1.00	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 *