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
CAMELLIANIN-B	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIASIDE-A	0	Seed	656.0	2733.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIASIDE-B	0	Seed	291.0	3026.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMELLIASIDE-C	0	Seed	not available	2.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPROALDEHYDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	536000.0	590000.0	-0.17	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARVACROL	37	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTASTERONE	0	Leaf	0.1	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN	0	Leaf	not available	45.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-GALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHOL-TANNINS	0	Leaf	100000.0	200000.0	0.71	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
CHASAPONIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROPHYLL	21	Leaf	not available	5000.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
CHONDRILLASTEROL	0	Seed	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