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
LUPEOL	21	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYCOPENE	16	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
M-CRESOL	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
M-DIGALLIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	not available	2200.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	not available	1200.0	1.54	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL	63	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MESO-INOSITOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-AMINE	1	Leaf	not available	50.0	1.67	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ETHYL-KETONE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-MERCAPTAN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OCTANOATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PYRAZINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-TRANS-DIHYDROJASMONATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-XANTHINES	0	Leaf	not available	35000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	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.