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
MYRICETIN	34	Leaf	not available	340.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN-3-GALACTOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MYRICETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N,N-DIMETHYL-BENZYLAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-1-DOTRIACONTANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
N-1-TRIACONTANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
N-ETHYL-ACETAMIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-ETHYL-ANILINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-ETHYL-PROPIONAMIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXADECANE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXYL-ALCOHOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-ANILINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTYL-ALCOHOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-P-COUMAROYL-GLUTAMIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-P-COUMARYL-GLUTAMIC-ACID	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
Scabicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Schistosomicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative	18	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotonin-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue	1	Martindale's 29th
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Soporific	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Spasmogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Spasmolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	2	Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sprout-Inhibitor	2	Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Stimulant	4	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Stomachic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Styptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen	7	Jim Duke's personal files.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Suppurative	1	Duke, 1992 *