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Common Names
Guarana
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADENINE | 11 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | not available | 14200.0 | -1.01 | Abstract (See species file) |
| CAFFEINE | 62 | Plant | not available | 25000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEINE | 62 | Seed | 9100.0 | 76000.0 | 2.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHOL | 22 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHUTANNIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| D-CATECHIN | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | not available | 30000.0 | -1.24 | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| GUANINE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| GUARANINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| HYPOXANTHINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 98600.0 | -1.20 | Abstract (See species file) |
| RESIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 70000.0 | -0.34 | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| SAPONIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONINS | 5 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| STARCH | 5 | Seed | 50000.0 | 60000.0 | -1.01 | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| TANNIN | 35 | Seed | 50000.0 | 120000.0 | 0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THEOBROMINE | 21 | Seed | 200.0 | 400.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticariogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticellulitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antichoreic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticirrhotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoagulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticystinuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidiabetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiarrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidote | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Iodine) | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antidysenteric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidyskinetic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiemetic | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Antiemphysemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antifeedant | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antiflu | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 198. |
| Antigonadotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranulocytopenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |