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
THEASINENSIN-F	0	Leaf	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-G	0	Leaf	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRANE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEIFERIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEIFERIN-B	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Anther	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Leaf	500.0	1100.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Seed Coat	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOGALLIN	0	Leaf	6.0	56.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE	36	Leaf	2.0	4.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE	36	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	1.0	4.0	-0.90	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THREONINE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	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 *