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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Theobroma bicolor (Sterculiaceae)

Common Names
Nicaraguan Cacao; Pataste

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
THEOPHYLLINE 36 Petiole 53.0 273.0 1.12 *
THEOPHYLLINE 36 Seed 196.0 216.0 -0.70 *
THEOPHYLLINE 36 Testa 210.0 211.0 0.28 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 18.0 85.0 10.20 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
THIAMIN 31 Seed 2.2 2.3 -1.02 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WATER 0 Fruit 790000.0 921400.0 0.66 *
WATER 0 Petiole 505900.0 1.00 *
WATER 0 Seed 36000.0 523100.0 1.13 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Dermatitigenic 1 *
Detoxicant 1 *
Diuretic 6 *
Emetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Energizer 1 *
Ergotamine-Enhancer 1 Martindale's 29th
Fetotoxic 2 *
Fibrinolytic 1 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 4 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Gastroprotective 1 *
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective 2 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Herbicide 3 *
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 2 *
Hyperuricemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 7 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.