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
THEAFLAVIN-MONOGALLATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-MONOGALLATE-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVIN-MONOGALLATE-B	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEAFLAVONIN	0	Leaf	not available	11.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Anther	16000.0	29000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Cotyledon	not available	577.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Leaf	5000.0	13500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Seed	not available	109.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Shoot	not available	63.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEANINE	2	Stem	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEARUBIGENS	0	Leaf	17000.0	59400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEARUBIGIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEARUBIGIN	0	Shoot	135600.0	157400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASAPONIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASAPONIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-A	0	Leaf	3.0	48718.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-B	0	Leaf	128.0	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-C	0	Leaf	not available	70.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-D	0	Leaf	not available	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEASINENSIN-E	0	Leaf	not available	14.0	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
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