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
DEGALLOYL-THEAFLAVONIN	0	Leaf	not available	17.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEGALLOYL-THEASINENSIN-F	0	Leaf	1.0	2.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROVOMIFOLIOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-7-STIGMASTENOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEXTRIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
DIMETHYL-SULFIDE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
DIMETHYLXANTHINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
DIPHENYLAMINE	3	Leaf	130.0	11700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	30.0	10000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELECHIN	1	Leaf	not available	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	37.0	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	5.6	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIAFZELECHIN-3-O-GALLATE-(4-BETA-6)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN	40	Leaf	149.0	21250.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN-(4-BETA-8)EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	20.8	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
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillus	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	57	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibradiquinic	1	Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Antibradyarrhythmic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antibronchitic	4	Martindale's 28th
Anticancer	16	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	4	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *