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Plant Bixa orellana (Bixaceae)

Common Names
Achiote, Annatto, Annato, Lipsticktree, Lipstick Pod, Bija, Annoto, Arnato
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
APIGENIN-7-BISULPHATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ARGININE 14 Seed not available 14260.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 20.0 130.0 -0.28 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Fruit 10000.0 64100.0 0.19 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Seed 47000.0 54000.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BETA-CAROTENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.9 113.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
BIXAGHANENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIXEIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIXIN 3 Seed not available 130000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BIXOL 0 Seed 220.0 290.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BIXORELLIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 70.0 450.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 970.0 1640.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 143000.0 916666.0 0.72 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CELLULOSE 1 Plant not available 123300.0 -1.48 Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
CROCETIN 10 Seed not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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