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
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-CINNAMATE	0	Leaf	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	3	Leaf	not available	224.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	4.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-8)-EPICATECHIN-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	44.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-P-CAFFEOATE	0	Leaf	not available	2.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-P-COUMARATE	0	Leaf	not available	83.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
EPIGALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE	3	Leaf	16600.0	54300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALLOCATECHOL-GALLATE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
EPITHEAFLAGALLIN	0	Leaf	6.0	74.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
EPITHEAFLAGALLIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	17.0	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPITHEAFLAVIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPITHEAFLAVIC-ACID-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERUCIC-ACID	2	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHER	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-3-HYDROXY-BUTYRATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE	6	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 *