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
6-KETO-BRASSINOLIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-2-ETHYL-PYRAZINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
6-METHYL-QUINOLINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-C-ASCORBYL-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	11.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADENINE	11	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ALANINE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BETA-HEXENAL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-DAMASCONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-DIHYDROERGOSTEROL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-IONONE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-IONONE	5	Shoot	300.0	500.0	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.