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
THEASINENSIN-F	0	Leaf	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-G	0	Leaf	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRANE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASPIRONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEIFERIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEIFERIN-B	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Anther	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Leaf	500.0	1100.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Seed Coat	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE	21	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOGALLIN	0	Leaf	6.0	56.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE	36	Leaf	2.0	4.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE	36	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	1.0	4.0	-0.90	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THREONINE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	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.