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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
10-O-METHYLCAFESTOL 0 Seed *
2,3,5-TRIMETHYLPHENOL 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
2-ETHYLPHENOL 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHOXY-4-ETHYLPHENOL 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Seed *
24-METHYLENEPHENOL 0 Seed *
3,4-DICAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID 2 Seed *
3,5-DICAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID 3 Seed *
4,5-DICAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID 0 Seed *
4-ETHYLPHENOL 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
4-METHOXY-4-VINYLPHENOL 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
5-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
7-STIGMASTEROL 0 Seed *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Seed *
ADENINE 11 Seed *
ALLANTOIC-ACID 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALLANTOIN 12 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ARABINOGALACTOSE 0 Seed *
ARABINOSE 0 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cerebrotonic 1 *
cGMP-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cGMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 6 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 8 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Circulotonic 2 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 6 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Collagen-Sparing 2 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 *
Coronary-Dilator 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.