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
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiestrogenic	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiexudative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	14	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	9	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigargantitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	4	Martindale's 29th