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
O-QUINONE	0	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.
O-TOLUIDENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-TOLUIDINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-XYLENOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-ENOIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-TRANS-2-ENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTA-TRANS-3-CIS-5-DIEN-2-ONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-ONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-3-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OOLONGHOMOBISFLAVAN-A	0	Leaf	not available	10.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OOLONGHOMOBISFLAVAN-B	0	Leaf	not available	7.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OOLONGTHEANIN	0	Leaf	not available	1.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OPCS	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Leaf	2192.0	10000.0	-0.18	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.