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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
APIGENIN-7-BISULPHATE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
ARGININE 14 Seed 14260.0 -0.44 *
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 *
BETA-BETA-CAROTENE 0 Seed *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.9 113.0 0.07 *
BIXAGHANENE 0 Leaf *
BIXEIN 0 Seed *
BIXIN 3 Seed 130000.0 *
BIXOL 0 Seed 220.0 290.0 *
BIXORELLIN 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 70.0 450.0 -0.79 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 970.0 1640.0 -0.46 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 143000.0 916666.0 0.72 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CELLULOSE 1 Plant 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 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Seed *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiichthyosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence 1 *
Antiinfertility 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antileukoplakic 1 *
Antileukotriene-D4 1 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 *
Antilithic 2 *
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 4 *
Antimaculitic 3 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial 1 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.