Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Tea

How this plant is used

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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
THEASINENSIN-F	0	Leaf	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-G	0	Leaf	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRANE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEIFERIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEIFERIN-B	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Anther	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Leaf	500.0	1100.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Seed Coat	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOGALLIN	0	Leaf	6.0	56.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE	36	Leaf	2.0	4.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE	36	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	1.0	4.0	-0.90	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THREONINE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	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
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	13	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiperoxidative	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antipharyngitic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	7	Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodagric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipodriac	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio	4	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	7	Duke, 1992 *