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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antirhinitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiseptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiserotonergic | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Antispasmodic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisteatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197. |
| Antithiamin | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithyreotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Ovary) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Arrhythmigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Arteriodilator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bronchodilator | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |