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Common Names
Coffee
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METHYL-1-5-ALPHA-STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONACOSANE | 1 | 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. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | 52.0 | 56.0 | -0.50 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 13.0 | 14.0 | -0.86 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NITROGEN | 0 | Seed | 16000.0 | 23000.0 | -0.09 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| O-CRESOL | 6 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| O-XYLENOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OBTUSIFOLIOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 5920.0 | 12800.0 | -0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Fruit | not available | 154.0 | -0.30 | Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp. |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CRESOL | 8 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| P-XYLENOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | not available | 23680.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTIN | 24 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTOSANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTOSANS | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 1700.0 | 1816.0 | -0.58 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 1780.0 | 1900.0 | -0.91 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperglycemic | 1 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperthyroid | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypotensive | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiichythyotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiinfarctal | 1 | Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinflammatory | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinsomniac | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiinsomnic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiischemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiLegionella | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileishmanic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukemic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |