Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Tea

How this plant is used

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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
GALLOCATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-EPICATECHIN	0	Leaf	not available	37.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE	1	Leaf	not available	1880.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GERANIOL	35	Leaf	2.0	2546.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Leaf Essent. Oil	31600.0	254600.0	1.48	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Shoot	800.0	1200.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMANICOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMANIUM	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-1	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-19	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-20	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-3	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-38	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-44	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-8	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-S	0	Endosperm	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOTHEASAPONIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE	5	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
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bradycardic	1	Martindale's 28th
Bronchodilator	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchomucolytic	1	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Bronchomucotropic	1	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchorrheic	1	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Bruchifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bruchiphobe	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	9	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist?	1	Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Inhibitor	3	Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133.
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	9	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	57	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	15	Martindale's 28th
Candidistat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Capillarifortificant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.