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
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRICTININ	1	Leaf	not available	130.0	1.18	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Leaf	not available	880.0	-0.93	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNIC-ACID	41	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Leaf	33800.0	270000.0	1.95	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Leaf	33800.0	270000.0	2.25	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXEROL	2	Seed Oil	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TEASTERONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
TETRAMETHYLTRIOXYPURINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAGALLIN	0	Leaf	3.0	4.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
THEAFLAVIN	7	Leaf	5.4	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN	7	Shoot	1800.0	14000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-3'-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	19.0	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-3-3'-DI-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	18.0	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-3-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-DIGALLATE	3	Leaf	700.0	2500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-GALLATE-A	0	Leaf	1700.0	8300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-GALLATE-B	0	Leaf	2400.0	2500.0	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.