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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LUPEOL	21	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE	16	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
M-CRESOL	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
M-DIGALLIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	not available	2200.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	not available	1200.0	1.54	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL	63	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MESO-INOSITOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-AMINE	1	Leaf	not available	50.0	1.67	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ETHYL-KETONE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-MERCAPTAN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OCTANOATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PYRAZINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-TRANS-DIHYDROJASMONATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-XANTHINES	0	Leaf	not available	35000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	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 *