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
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
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 *