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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1-O-GALLOYL-4,6-(S)-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE	Leaf	not available	16.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
1-OCTANOL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,3-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4,5-TRIMETHYL-THIAZOLE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-DIMETHYL-ACETOPHENONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-DIMETHYL-PROPIOPHENONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-DIMETHYL-QUINOLINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-DIMETHYL-THIAZOLE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-4-ETHYL-THIAZOLE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-THIAZOLE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,6,10,14-TETRAMETHYL-PENTADECANE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-CYCLOHEX-2-EN-1,4-DIONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-CYCLOHEX-2-EN-1-ONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIEMTHYL-PYRAZINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIEMTHYL-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-QUINOLINE	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
Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P21-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-1A-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	4	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inhibitor	2	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide	1	Merck 11th Edition
Percutaneostimulant	1	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume	2	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Perfumery	34	Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Peroxynitrite-Scavenger	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	84	Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *