Plant Cola acuminata (Sterculiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Abata Cola

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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
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	540.0	1456.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	not available	1.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Seed	not available	2500.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE	62	Seed	10000.0	25000.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	580.0	1563.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	337000.0	908000.0	1.53	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COLALIPASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COLAOXYDASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D,L-CATECHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-CATECHIN	4	Seed	3000.0	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	4000.0	30000.0	-1.24	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	14000.0	30000.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
GUM	0	Seed	not available	3000.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	20.0	54.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KOLANIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KOLATEIN	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
Prooxidant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide	1	Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Pyrogenic	1	Daroca, P., Rodriguez, J., Reano, M., Canto, G., Miranda, P. 1996. Fever From Caffeine. Allergy, 51(3): 189-191.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Respirastimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Spasmogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Stimulant	2	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Sunscreen	1	Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Tachycardic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Teratogenic	2	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.
Teratologic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	2	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	2	Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Tranquilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.