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
GLYCINE	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUM	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTA-2-TRANS-EN-1-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Shoot	600.0	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTA-TRANS-2-TRANSDIEN-4-1-AL	0	Shoot	600.0	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-1-AL	0	Leaf	200.0	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-1-AL	0	Shoot	200.0	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-ONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-2-ONE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-3-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANAL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-1-EN-3-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-AL	0	Leaf	not available	370.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	21500.0	150000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL	0	Shoot	900.0	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-ACETATE	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
AntiCVI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticytotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	5	A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic	5	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	5	Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic	10	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	14	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic?	2	Martindale's 29th
Antidiarrheic	4	Martindale's 29th
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92.
Antidote	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine)	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.