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
ASTRAGALIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AVENASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BARRIGENOL-R1	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BARRINGTOGENOL-C	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Shoot	2100.0	2300.0	5.51	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOAXAZOLE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOXAZOLE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	10100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Shoot	900.0	1400.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BUTYRATE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ETHYL-KETONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed Oil	not available	76.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	27.0	84.0	-0.77	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL	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
Cytotoxic	14	Duke, 1992 *
Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Decongestant?	1	Eccles, R., et al. 1989. The effects of oral administration of (-)-menthol on nasal resistance to airflow and nasal sensation of airflow in subjects suffering from nasal congestion associated with the common cold. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 652-654, 1990.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Dentifrice	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Deodorant	3	Merck 11th Edition
Dermal	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.
Dermatitigenic	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Diaphoretic?	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	22	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Binder	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	2	Merck 11th Edition
Embryotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	7	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.