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Plant Paullinia cupana (Sapindaceae)

Common Names
Guarana
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
THEOPHYLLINE 36 Seed 0.0 2500.0 0.53 Duke, 1992 *
TIMBONINE 0 Seed not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
XANTHINE 1 Seed not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Dermatitigenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Diuretic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergotamine-Enhancer 1 Martindale's 29th
Essential 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fetotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
FLavor 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hyperuricemic 2 Martindale's 28th
Hypocholesterolemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *