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
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-GENTIOBIOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Shoot	700.0	1000.0	0.75	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Leaf	40000.0	53000.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Leaf	not available	400.0	-1.30	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA(NH3)	0	Leaf	not available	400.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ANGELIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRIN	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASSAMICAIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	58.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ASSAMICAIN-B	0	Leaf	not available	77.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ASSAMICAIN-C	0	Leaf	not available	34.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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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 *