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
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