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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Erythroxylum coca (Erythroxylaceae)

Common Names
Coca
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Variety
coca

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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 *
BETA-COCAINE 0 Plant *
BETA-TRUXILLINE 0 Leaf *
BETA-TRUXINIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
BIOTIN 4 Leaf 0.8 1.0 *
BORON 4 Leaf 53.0 57.0 -0.12 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf *
CALCIUM 28 Plant *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 424000.0 648000.0 0.29 *
CEROTIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 3.5 3.8 -0.32 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Leaf 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 *
CIS-3-HEXEN-1-OL 0 Leaf 32.0 210.0 -0.57 *
COCAINE 27 Leaf *
COPPER 12 Leaf 2.2 13.0 -0.40 *
CUSCOHYGRINE 0 Leaf *
CYANIDIN 7 Leaf *
CYTOCHROME-OXIDASE 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
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.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 *
Radioprotective 1 *
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 2 *
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 4 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Sweetener 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Teratologic 1 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyrotropic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 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 4 Kashiwada, Y., Nonaka, G. I., Nishioka, I., Lee, J. H., Bori, I., Fukushima, Y., Bastow, K. F., Lee, K. H. 1993. Tannins as Potent Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase II in vitro. J Pharm Sci, 82: 487-492.
Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tranquilizer 3 *