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
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
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.