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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
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 26.0 71.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Leaf 25.0 175.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
METHYLCOCAINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N,N-DIMETHYL-BENZYLAMINE 0 Leaf 1.0 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYLPYRROLE 0 Leaf 7.0 48.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 13.0 61.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINE 21 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITYL-BETA-AMYRIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Leaf not available 7.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANYL-PROLINE-PEPTIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 3630.0 9740.0 0.88 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 5000.0 21600.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDINS 27 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 187000.0 202000.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
PYRUVATE-KINASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GALACTOSYLXYLOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 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
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasoconstrictor 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Vasodilator 9 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 3 Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229