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
QUERCIMERITRIN	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	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.
QUINIC-ACID	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINOLINE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	8.0	12.0	-0.12	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUTIN	87	Leaf	1200.0	1580.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
S-METHYL-METHIONINE	0	Leaf	70.0	245.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SAFRANAL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLALDEHYDE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Leaf	5.0	65.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICA	0	Leaf	not available	240.0	-1.38	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	300.0	500.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
SPINASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SPINASTERONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SPINASTERONE	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Leaf	not available	5000.0	-0.82	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STEARIC-ACID	8	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.