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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	3200.0	4150.0	-0.15	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHYTOENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Leaf	2600.0	11400.0	3.08	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POLYPHENOL-OXIDASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYPHENOLS	30	Leaf	100000.0	390000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYSACCHARIDE-T-B	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	not available	17600.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-2	1	Leaf	not available	5.8	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-2-3'-O-GALLATE	3	Leaf	not available	167.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PROCYANIDIN-B-2-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE	3	Leaf	not available	160.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PROCYANIDIN-B-3	2	Leaf	10.6	2100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-4	4	Leaf	not available	46.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-4-3'-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	141.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PROCYANIDIN-B-5-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE	2	Leaf	not available	141.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PROCYANIDIN-C-1	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PRODELPHINIDIN-A-2-3'-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	4.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PRODELPHINIDIN-B-2-3'-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	18.0	238.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PRODELPHINIDIN-B-2-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	18.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PRODELPHINIDIN-B-4	0	Leaf	56.8	800.0	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.