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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
2-O-BETA-1-ARABINOPYRANOSIDE-MYOINOSITOL	Leaf	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-O-BETA-L-ARABINOPYRANOSIDE-MYOINOSITOL	Leaf	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-O-BETA-L-ARABINOSIDE-MYOINOSITOL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYL-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHYL-ALCOHOL	Shoot	1000.0	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
22,23-DIHYDROSPINASTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
22,23-DIHYDROSPINASTEROL	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
22,23-DIHYDROSPINASTERONE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
22,23-DIHYDROSPINASTERONE	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24(S)-ETHYL-BRASSINONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYL-BRASSINONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-DAMMARENOL	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
28-NORBRASSINOLIDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3'-O-GALLATE-PRODELPHINIDIN-B-2	Leaf	not available	147.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3'-OXO-BETA-IONONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3'-OXO-BETA-IONONE	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIMETHOXY-ACETOPHENONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DIMETHYL-2-ETHYL-PYRAZINE	Leaf	not available	not available	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
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 *