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Plant Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Coffee
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed not available 37400.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ATRACTYLIGENIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 20.0 25.0 -1.03 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed 520.0 530.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TOCOPHEROL 0 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.
CAFESTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CAFESTOL 2 Seed not available 6000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 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.
CAFFEINE 62 Seed 600.0 32000.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEOYL-3-QUINIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFETANNIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 84600.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CAHWEOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 19000.0 20406.0 0.13 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Seed 1200.0 1281.0 -0.53 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAMOESTANOL 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
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 10 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 5 Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hyperglycemic 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.
Hypertensive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hyperuricemic 2 Martindale's 28th
Hypocholesterolemic 13 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic 9 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 7 Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.