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
ETHYL-LACTATE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-OCTANOATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-PHENYLACETATE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-PYRAZINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUPHOL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUPHOL	1	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL	17	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	20000.0	165000.0	2.16	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	87000.0	300000.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOL-GLYCOSIDES	0	Leaf	500.0	4400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOLS	0	Leaf	not available	400.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORIDE	3	Leaf	not available	188.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURYL-ALCOHOL	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALEGINE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	not available	3500.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOCATECHIN	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
Fumigant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Fungicide	27	Duke, 1992 *
Fungiphilic	1	J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat	2	Duke, 1992 *
GABA-nergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroirritant	1	Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Gastrosedative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Goitrogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	2	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
GTase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic	3	Martindale's 28th
Hemopoietic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.