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
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-P-HYDROXY-BENZOATE	0	Leaf	not available	3.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-GALLATE	2	Leaf	15900.0	16600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHOL	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHOL-GALLATE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN	21	Leaf	880.0	31000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,3'-DI-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3,4'-DI-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-GALLATE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-CINNAMATE	0	Leaf	not available	13.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	8	Leaf	7140.0	54300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-P-COUMAROATE	0	Leaf	38.4	83.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE	41	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHOL-GALLATE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-GALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	1880.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-QUINIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(DL)-GALLOCATECHIN	0	Leaf	not available	12876.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
(R)-LINALOOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1',2'-DIHYDRO-1',2'-EPOXY-BETA-IONONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1',2'-DIHYDROXY-1',2'-THREO-BETA-IONONE	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
Antidote (Lead)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat)	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidote (pesticides)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysenteric	3	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antidysgeuzic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	13	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiembolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiemphysemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalitic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	6	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.