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
MYRICETIN	34	Leaf	not available	340.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-3-GALACTOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MYRICETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N,N-DIMETHYL-BENZYLAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-1-DOTRIACONTANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
N-1-TRIACONTANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
N-ETHYL-ACETAMIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-ETHYL-ANILINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-ETHYL-PROPIONAMIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXADECANE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXYL-ALCOHOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-ANILINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTYL-ALCOHOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-P-COUMAROYL-GLUTAMIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-P-COUMARYL-GLUTAMIC-ACID	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
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.