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
CAMELLIANIN-B	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIASIDE-A	0	Seed	656.0	2733.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIASIDE-B	0	Seed	291.0	3026.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIASIDE-C	0	Seed	not available	2.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPROALDEHYDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	536000.0	590000.0	-0.17	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARVACROL	37	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTASTERONE	0	Leaf	0.1	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN	0	Leaf	not available	45.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHOL-TANNINS	0	Leaf	100000.0	200000.0	0.71	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
CHASAPONIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROPHYLL	21	Leaf	not available	5000.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
CHONDRILLASTEROL	0	Seed	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
Sweetener	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tachycardic	2	Martindale's 29th
Teratogenic	4	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Teratologic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	5	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Termitifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyroid-Peroxidase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tineacide	1	Martindale's 29th
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	8	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	9	Duke, 1992 *
Toxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tracheorelaxant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	4	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.