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
2-O-BETA-1-ARABINOPYRANOSIDE-MYOINOSITOL	Leaf	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-O-BETA-L-ARABINOPYRANOSIDE-MYOINOSITOL	Leaf	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-O-BETA-L-ARABINOSIDE-MYOINOSITOL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYL-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHANOL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHYL-ALCOHOL	Shoot	1000.0	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
22,23-DIHYDROSPINASTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
22,23-DIHYDROSPINASTEROL	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
22,23-DIHYDROSPINASTERONE	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
22,23-DIHYDROSPINASTERONE	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24(S)-ETHYL-BRASSINONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYL-BRASSINONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-DAMMARENOL	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
28-NORBRASSINOLIDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3'-O-GALLATE-PRODELPHINIDIN-B-2	Leaf	not available	147.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3'-OXO-BETA-IONONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3'-OXO-BETA-IONONE	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIMETHOXY-ACETOPHENONE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DIMETHYL-2-ETHYL-PYRAZINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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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 *