Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Tea

How this plant is used

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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
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-GENTIOBIOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Shoot	700.0	1000.0	0.75	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMINO-ACIDS	0	Leaf	40000.0	53000.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Leaf	not available	400.0	-1.30	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA(NH3)	0	Leaf	not available	400.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ANGELIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRIN	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASSAMICAIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	58.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ASSAMICAIN-B	0	Leaf	not available	77.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ASSAMICAIN-C	0	Leaf	not available	34.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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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
Insulinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Insulinotonic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-1-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Interleukin-6-mRNA-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant	24	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
JNK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Keratitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Keratolytic	3	Martindale's 28th
Larvicide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	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.
Laxative?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *