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
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL	0	Shoot	800.0	1000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-DAMASCENONE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-DAMASCONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GAMMA-HEXENOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GLUCOGALLIN	0	Leaf	not available	28.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Leaf	not available	31.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	200.0	3100.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Shoot	1700.0	2900.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Leaf	2130.0	2230.0	0.13	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRASSICASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRASSICASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRASSINOLIDE	3	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRASSINONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTAN-2-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRALDEHYDE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYROIN	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
Cholesterolytic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Choline-Sparing	2	Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ciliotoxic	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.
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	11	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Paralytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	8	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
COMP-Inhibitor	5	Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *