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Plant Erythroxylum cataractarum (Erythroxylaceae)

Common Names
Ajicito; Coca de pescado
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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
COCAINE 27 Leaf not available 0.0 -0.35 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
TROPACOCAINE 0 Leaf not available 2000.0 2.29 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Occuloirritant 1 Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Pesticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Psychotomimetic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Pyrogenic 1 Wilson, M. C., Bedford, J. A., Buelke, J., Kibbe, A. H. 1976. Acute Pharmacological Activity of Intravenous Cocaine in the Rhesus Monkey. Psychopharmacol Commun, 2: 251.
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Vasoconstrictor 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.