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Plant Erythroxylum coca (Erythroxylaceae)

Common Names
Coca
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Variety
coca

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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
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 5.4 7.0 -1.11 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-COCAINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TRUXILLINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TRUXINIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN 4 Leaf 0.8 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Leaf 53.0 57.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 424000.0 648000.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
CEROTIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 3.5 3.8 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Leaf not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CINNAMYLCOCAINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXEN-1-OL 0 Leaf 32.0 210.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
COCAINE 27 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 2.2 13.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
CUSCOHYGRINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYTOCHROME-OXIDASE 0 Plant 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
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant 4 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 3 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *