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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Pachira macrocarpa (Bombacaceae)

Common Names
Large-Fruited Provision Tree
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 240.0 255.0 -0.19 *
ASH 0 Seed 35000.0 37000.0 -0.33 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 12.0 13.0 0.38 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 830.0 875.0 -0.60 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 359000.0 37900.0 -1.93 *
FAT 0 Seed 392000.0 414000.0 0.78 *
FIBER 15 Seed 124000.0 131000.0 -0.03 *
IRON 6 Seed 38.0 40.0 -0.51 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 5300.0 5600.0 0.58 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 38.0 40.0 -0.09 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 2860.0 3025.0 -0.62 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 6630.0 7000.0 -0.49 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 160000.0 169000.0 -0.58 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 0.6 -1.12 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 720.0 760.0 0.49 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 0.3 -1.50 *
WATER 0 Seed 54000.0 -0.67 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 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
Allergenic 2 *
Analgesic 2 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *
Antiacne 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 *
AntiAGE 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
Antiaggregant 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
Antiaging 2 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 1 *
Antiallergic 3 *
Antialzheimeran 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 *
Antianemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 *
Antianorectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antianxiety 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.