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
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-GENTIOBIOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Shoot	700.0	1000.0	0.75	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Leaf	40000.0	53000.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Leaf	not available	400.0	-1.30	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA(NH3)	0	Leaf	not available	400.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ANGELIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRIN	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASSAMICAIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	58.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ASSAMICAIN-B	0	Leaf	not available	77.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ASSAMICAIN-C	0	Leaf	not available	34.0	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
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 *