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
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
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 *