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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
DIHYDROLANASTEROL 0 Seed *
DIHYDROSITOSTEROL 0 Seed *
DIMETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
DIMETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLEST-8-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
ENT-16-KAUREN-19-OL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
EO 0 Seed 1000.0 2000.0 -0.53 *
EUGENOL 76 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
FAT 0 Leaf 55000.0 59000.0 0.05 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Seed 74000.0 170000.0 -0.50 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 175000.0 187000.0 0.31 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Seed 229000.0 244000.0 0.86 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FUFURYL-ALCOHOL 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FURFURALDEHYDE 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GALACTAN 0 Seed *
GALACTOMANNAN 0 Seed *
GAMMA-SITOSTEROL 0 Seed *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GLUCOGALACTOMANNAN 0 Seed *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GUAIACOL 18 Seed CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 3 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective 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.
Cytotoxic 6 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Demulcent 1 *
Dermal 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Dermatitigenic 2 *
Detoxicant 2 Merck 11th Edition
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 9 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 *
Emetic 4 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 *
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epidermal-Stimulant 1 *
Ergotamine-Enhancer 1 Martindale's 29th