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
KAEMPFEROL	75	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	1010.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCOSYL-(1-3)-RHAMNOSYL-(1-6)-GALACTOSIDE	0	Leaf	700.0	1330.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RHAMNODIGLUCOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE	4	Leaf	not available	4300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-GALLOCATECHIN	0	Leaf	not available	25974.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
L-GALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	79920.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
L-PIPECOLIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN	13	Leaf	not available	65000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGUSTRAZINE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Leaf	6.0	1984.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Shoot	4000.0	10300.0	1.65	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Leaf	6.0	1984.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Leaf Essent. Oil	82000.0	198400.0	0.56	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
Molluscicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	4	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Musculotropic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Myocardiotonic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	12	Martindale's 29th
Myostimulant	1	Martindale's 29th
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	4	Martindale's 29th
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	19	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Nematistat	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nephroprotective	2	McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.