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Plant Erythroxylum novogranatense (Erythroxylaceae)

Common Names
Coca
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Variety
novogranatense
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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
(+)-CATECHIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf not available 14000.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
BENZOYLECGONINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 10200.0 13000.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYLCOCAINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COCAINE 27 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 2.5 2.7 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHRODIOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 86.0 97.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf not available 100.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 3800.0 6900.0 1.07 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 28.0 55.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Leaf not available 1300.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
OMBUIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITYL-BETA-AMYRIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 6600.0 7800.0 -1.00 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
Hypertensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Immunomodulator 4 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Insecticide 1 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Insectifuge 1 Hardie, J., Isaacs, R., Pickett,* J.A., Wadhams, L.J., and Woodcock, C.M. 1994. Methyl Salicylate and (-)-(1R,5S)-Myrtenal are Plant-Derived Repellents for Black Bean Aphid, Aphis Fabae Scop. (Homoptera: Aphididae). J. of Chemical Ecology, 20(11):2847.
Insectiphile 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvistat 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Litholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic 1 Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Mutagenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Mydriatic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.