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
THEAFLAVIN-MONOGALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-MONOGALLATE-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-MONOGALLATE-B	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVONIN	0	Leaf	not available	11.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Anther	16000.0	29000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Cotyledon	not available	577.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Leaf	5000.0	13500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Seed	not available	109.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Shoot	not available	63.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Stem	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEARUBIGENS	0	Leaf	17000.0	59400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEARUBIGIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEARUBIGIN	0	Shoot	135600.0	157400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASAPONIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASAPONIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-A	0	Leaf	3.0	48718.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-B	0	Leaf	128.0	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-C	0	Leaf	not available	70.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-D	0	Leaf	not available	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-E	0	Leaf	not available	14.0	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 *