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
HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-BUTYRATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-HEX-CIS-3-ENOATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-HEX-CIS-3-ENONATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-METHYL-BUTYRATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-PROPIONATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	0	Shoot	5500.0	10300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-2-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXENOIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXOIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-BUTYRATE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-FORMATE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-PHENYLACETATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPOXANTHINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	189.0	1500.0	2.88	Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMYL-ACETATE	2	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
Congestant	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.
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Controlled	1	HerbalGram No. 20, page 15.
Convulsant	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Coronary-Dilator	1	McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant	3	Duke, 1992 *
COX-1-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	9	Duke, 1992 *
Culicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	12	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor	2	Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytochrome-P488-Inducer	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.
Cytoprotective	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.