Plant Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Tea

How this plant is used

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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
(+)-3-(S)-7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,5-DIENE-3,7-DIOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Anther	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Leaf	85.2	13200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHOL	4	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN	7	Leaf	not available	2100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPI-GALLO-CATECHOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIAFZELECHIN	2	Leaf	not available	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIAFZELECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	37.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Leaf	960.0	32500.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Stem	0.1	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	8200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O(3-O-METHYL)-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-(4-O-METHYL)-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	16.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	7	Leaf	3077.0	3180.0	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
Vasodilator	20	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Vermifuge	3	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vitamin-A-Activity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	10	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	17	Duke, 1992 *