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
3,6-DIMETHYL-2-ETHYL-PYRAZINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(S)-7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,5,7-TRIEN-3-OL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-(S)-7-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,5-DIEN-3,7-DIOL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
3-ETHYL-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHOXY-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-PENTAN-2-OL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-N-BUTYL-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-N-PROPYL-QUINOLINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYL-PYRIDINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4,8-DIMETHYL-QUINOLINE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-ETHYL-7,11-DIMETHYL-DODECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-6,10-TRIENE-1-AL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-ETHYL-7,11-DIMETHYL-DODECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-6,1O-TRIEN-1-AL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-ETHYL-GUAIACOL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-GALLOCATECHOL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
4-METHOXY-BENZALDEHYDE	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-2-PHENYL-PENT-2-EN-1-AL	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-HEX-5-EN-4-OLIDE	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
Anticancer (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	2	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Anticarcinogenic	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticarcinomic (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticaries	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	17	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	9	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticellulitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticephalagic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *