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Common Names
Jicaro
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 38000.0 | 39000.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | not available | 0.2 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 500.0 | 518.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 229000.0 | 237000.0 | -1.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 397000.0 | 411000.0 | 0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 24000.0 | 25000.0 | -0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HCN | 9 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| HETEROSIDES | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 94.0 | 97.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Seed | 5300.0 | 5490.0 | 0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCOANTHOCYANINS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | not available | 9.0 | -1.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| PHENOLS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 9680.0 | 10020.0 | 1.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 302000.0 | 313000.0 | 0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | not available | 1.2 | -0.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 7.3 | 7.6 | 0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRITERPENOIDS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | not available | 34000.0 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anxiolytic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bronchosedative | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 5 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Cardioprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Choleretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Circulotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Colorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dermatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |