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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
10-O-METHYLCAFESTOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,3,5-TRIMETHYLPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
2-ETHYLPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHOXY-4-ETHYLPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENEPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DICAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DICAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4,5-DICAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ETHYLPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
4-METHOXY-4-VINYLPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
5-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
7-STIGMASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENINE 11 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIC-ACID 0 Leaf 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.
ALLANTOIN 12 Leaf 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.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 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.
ARABINOGALACTOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antistroke 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiTNF 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitonsilitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antituberculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 15 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 3 Duke, 1992 *