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
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
Antirhinitic	5	Martindale's 29th
Antirhinoviral	1	Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antischizophrenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antisecretory	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiseptic	37	Duke, 1992 *
Antiserotonergic	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antiserotonin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiserotoninic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling	3	Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antisindhis	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisinusitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antispare-Tire	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic	31	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.