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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Coffee
How this plant is used
Food

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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 *
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 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 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 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
RAFFINOSE 1 Seed *
RHAMNOSE 0 Seed *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 2.0 -0.17 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.0 -0.97 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SACCHAROSE 0 Seed *
SALICYLATES 7 Seed 0.0 10.0 -0.29 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Seed *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Plant *
SPERMIDINE 1 Seed Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
SPERMINE 1 Seed Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
SQUALENE 10 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STACHYOSE 1 Seed *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 5920.0 12800.0 -0.29 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed 240.0 270.0 -0.19 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antipapillomic 1 *
Antiparkinsonian 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipeptic 1 25 Dispensatory
Antiperiodontitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant 3 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiperoxynitrite 1 *
Antipharyngitic 1 *
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiPMS 2 *
Antipolio 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic 1 *
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 3 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 5 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 3 *
Antiprostatotic 1 *