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
LINALOOL	53	Shoot	4000.0	10300.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-(CIS-FURANOID)	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-(CIS-PYRANOID)	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-(TRANS-FURANOID)	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-(TRANS-PYRANOID)	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-B	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-C	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-I	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-II	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-III	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-IV	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LOLIOLIDE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LOLIOLIDE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Seed	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
Lipolytic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lipotropic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	19	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Lithogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lypolytic	1	Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
MAPK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	2	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Methyl-Guanidine-Inhibitor	2	McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Mitogen	3	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *