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.
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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 *