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
THEASINENSIN-F	0	Leaf	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-G	0	Leaf	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRANE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEIFERIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEIFERIN-B	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Anther	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Leaf	500.0	1100.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Seed Coat	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOGALLIN	0	Leaf	6.0	56.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE	36	Leaf	2.0	4.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE	36	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	1.0	4.0	-0.90	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THREONINE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	Leaf	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
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.