Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Tea

How this plant is used

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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
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL	0	Shoot	800.0	1000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-DAMASCENONE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-DAMASCONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GAMMA-HEXENOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GLUCOGALLIN	0	Leaf	not available	28.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Leaf	not available	31.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	200.0	3100.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Shoot	1700.0	2900.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Leaf	2130.0	2230.0	0.13	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRASSICASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRASSICASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRASSINOLIDE	3	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRASSINONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTAN-2-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRALDEHYDE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYROIN	0	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
Phagocytotic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Pheromonal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photoactive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Phytohormonal	1	Russell, G. B., Phytochemical resources for crop protection, N. Z. J. Technol., 2, 1986, 127-134.
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Poultice	1	Martindale's 29th
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Progestational	1	Duke, 1992 *
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	6	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *