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
LINALOOL	53	Shoot	4000.0	10300.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-(CIS-FURANOID)	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-(CIS-PYRANOID)	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-(TRANS-FURANOID)	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-(TRANS-PYRANOID)	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-B	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-C	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-I	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-II	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-III	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-IV	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LOLIOLIDE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LOLIOLIDE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Seed	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
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.