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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitonsilitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrichinosic	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antitriglyceride	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
Antitrypanosomic	2	Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antituberculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	31	Huang, M-T., and Ferraro, T. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Cancer Prevention. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.2 p.21.
Antitumor (Bladder)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	5	Duke, 1992 *