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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Cola acuminata (Sterculiaceae)

Common Names
Abata Cola
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 540.0 1456.0 0.54 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 1.0 -0.37 *
BETAINE 14 Seed 2500.0 1.00 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CAFFEINE 62 Seed 10000.0 25000.0 0.04 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 580.0 1563.0 -0.47 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 337000.0 908000.0 1.53 *
CELLULOSE 1 Plant *
COLALIPASE 0 Plant *
COLAOXYDASE 0 Plant *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant *
D,L-CATECHIN 0 Plant *
D-CATECHIN 4 Seed 3000.0 4000.0 *
FAT 0 Seed 4000.0 30000.0 -1.24 *
FIBER 15 Seed 14000.0 30000.0 -0.83 *
GUM 0 Seed 3000.0 -0.80 *
IRON 6 Seed 20.0 54.0 -0.45 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant *
KOLANIN 0 Seed *
KOLATEIN 0 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 (View) Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenosine-Antagonist 1 (View) McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic 1 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Analeptic 1 (View) Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Analgesic-Synergist 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacne 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *