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Common Names
Coffee
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYTATE | 0 | Seed | 7.0 | 370.0 | -1.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | 920.0 | 940.0 | -0.39 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| POLYAMINES | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 99000.0 | -1.13 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 98700.0 | 140000.0 | -0.83 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PUTRESCINE | 0 | Seed | 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. |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHAMNOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | not available | 2.0 | -0.17 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -0.97 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SACCHAROSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Seed | 0.0 | 10.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPERMIDINE | 1 | Seed | 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. |
| SPERMINE | 1 | Seed | 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. |
| SQUALENE | 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. |
| STACHYOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 5920.0 | 12800.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | 240.0 | 270.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| (+)-Inotropic | 2 | Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp. |
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acaricide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Addictive | 1 | Science News, 145: 294. |
| Adenosine-Antagonist | 1 | McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82. |
| Adjuvant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 5 | Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110. |
| Allelochemic | 5 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Allelopathic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Allergenic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analeptic | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Analgesic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic? | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anesthetic | 3 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |