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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
THEAFLAVIN-MONOGALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-MONOGALLATE-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-MONOGALLATE-B	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVONIN	0	Leaf	not available	11.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Anther	16000.0	29000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Cotyledon	not available	577.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Leaf	5000.0	13500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Seed	not available	109.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Shoot	not available	63.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Stem	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEARUBIGENS	0	Leaf	17000.0	59400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEARUBIGIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEARUBIGIN	0	Shoot	135600.0	157400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASAPONIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASAPONIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-A	0	Leaf	3.0	48718.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-B	0	Leaf	128.0	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-C	0	Leaf	not available	70.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-D	0	Leaf	not available	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-E	0	Leaf	not available	14.0	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
Capillarigenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective	2	Merck 11th Edition
Capillaritonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Cardioprotective	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Carminative	8	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.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	4	Abstract (See species file)
cGMP-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cGMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Chelator	3	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	18	Duke, 1992 *