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Plant Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Coffee
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
METHYL-1-5-ALPHA-STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE 1 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.
NIACIN 39 Leaf 52.0 56.0 -0.50 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NIACIN 39 Seed 13.0 14.0 -0.86 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NITROGEN 0 Seed 16000.0 23000.0 -0.09 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
O-CRESOL 6 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
O-XYLENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OBTUSIFOLIOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 5920.0 12800.0 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit not available 154.0 -0.30 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL 8 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
P-XYLENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available 23680.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 1700.0 1816.0 -0.58 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 1780.0 1900.0 -0.91 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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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
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 2 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAddisonian 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadhesive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *