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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
3,6-DIMETHYL-2-ETHYL-PYRAZINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(S)-7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,5,7-TRIEN-3-OL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-(S)-7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,5-DIEN-3,7-DIOL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
3-ETHYL-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHOXY-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-PENTAN-2-OL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-N-BUTYL-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-N-PROPYL-QUINOLINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYL-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4,8-DIMETHYL-QUINOLINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-ETHYL-7,11-DIMETHYL-DODECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-6,10-TRIENE-1-AL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-ETHYL-7,11-DIMETHYL-DODECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-6,1O-TRIEN-1-AL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-ETHYL-GUAIACOL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-GALLOCATECHOL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
4-METHOXY-BENZALDEHYDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-2-PHENYL-PENT-2-EN-1-AL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-HEX-5-EN-4-OLIDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Hypnotic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic	22	Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Hypoglycemic	17	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	18	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypothermic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	9	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	16	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant	4	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	9	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	21	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	9	J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insulin-Sparing	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.