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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
CAMPESTANOL 0 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.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed 110.0 120.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
CAPRINIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 666000.0 712000.0 0.80 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 600000.0 728000.0 0.81 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CARNAUBIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Seed 50000.0 80000.0 2.10 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTANOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed not available 300.0 -1.29 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITROSTADIENOL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COFFEASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOEUCALENOL 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTEINE 13 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DATURIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEXTRINS 0 Seed not available 8700.0 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
Cerebrotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 6 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.