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
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-P-HYDROXY-BENZOATE	0	Leaf	not available	3.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-GALLATE	2	Leaf	15900.0	16600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHOL	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHOL-GALLATE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN	21	Leaf	880.0	31000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,4'-DI-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-GALLATE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-CINNAMATE	0	Leaf	not available	13.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	8	Leaf	7140.0	54300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-P-COUMAROATE	0	Leaf	38.4	83.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE	41	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHOL-GALLATE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-GALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	1880.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-QUINIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(DL)-GALLOCATECHIN	0	Leaf	not available	12876.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
(R)-LINALOOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1',2'-DIHYDRO-1',2'-EPOXY-BETA-IONONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1',2'-DIHYDROXY-1',2'-THREO-BETA-IONONE	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
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	9	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	3	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antitympanitic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer	28	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiurethrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuricosuric	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	37	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivulvitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiwrinkle	2	Martindale's 28th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	6	Duke, 1992 *