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
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL	0	Shoot	800.0	1000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-DAMASCENONE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-DAMASCONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GAMMA-HEXENOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-GLUCOGALLIN	0	Leaf	not available	28.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Leaf	not available	31.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	200.0	3100.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Shoot	1700.0	2900.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Leaf	2130.0	2230.0	0.13	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRASSICASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRASSICASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRASSINOLIDE	3	Leaf	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRASSINONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTAN-2-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRALDEHYDE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYROIN	0	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
AntiCFS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase	1	L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticholinesterase?	1	L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticirrhotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant?	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticoronary	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	4	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *