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
Antispasmophilic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispastic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antistaphylococcic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke	2	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
Antisunburn	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	4	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
Antitartar	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyroid	5	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF	1	Duke, 1992 *