Tea saponin, found in Camellia plants, are Organic Natural non-ionic surfactants that offer obvious beneficial effects in Aquaculture and in soil remediation and are environmental friendly. Most tea saponins are extracted from the Camellia oleifera seed meal, with the leaves and flowers of Camellia Synesis as potential sources.
Tea saponins improve the accumulation of pollutants as well as the degradation of organic pollutants by microorganisms and as so become common used in fish and shrimp farms in Latin America and South East Asia (China, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, etc) for controlling pond predators such as fish, shellfish or tadpole due to its applicable and affordable cost effective price.