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Common Names
Abata Cola
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOLATIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-EPICATECHIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHLOBAPHENE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 860.0 | 2318.0 | -0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 22000.0 | 67000.0 | -1.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Seed | not available | 340000.0 | 0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGAR | 0 | Plant | not available | 29000.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEOBROMINE | 21 | Seed | not available | 1000.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -1.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | 120000.0 | 629000.0 | 1.54 | 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. |