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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
JAF39:1941TES 0 Fruit 56200.0 861900.0 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 710.0 3410.0 -0.38 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 6020.0 6240.0 1.08 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 9620.0 10160.0 -0.83 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 32.0 155.0 1.26 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 16.0 17.0 -0.77 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 134800.0 142385.0 0.19 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 20915.0 22090.0 -0.24 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 410.0 1970.0 -0.38 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 5490.0 5695.0 0.09 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 12500.0 159035.0 0.66 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 171000.0 203300.0 -0.27 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.5 7.2 0.47 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 3.4 3.5 -0.01 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 172655.0 182375.0 3.39 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Fruit 1435.0 1468.0 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Petiole 117.0 129.0 0.01 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Seed 1139.0 1710.0 -0.37 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Testa 8787.0 9158.0 0.31 *
THEOPHYLLINE 36 Fruit 453.0 522.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Myostimulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotoxic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 6 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 *
Prooxidant 2 *
Propecic 4 *
Prostaglandin-Secretor 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.
Pyrogenic 1 Daroca, P., Rodriguez, J., Reano, M., Canto, G., Miranda, P. 1996. Fever From Caffeine. Allergy, 51(3): 189-191.
Respirastimulant 1 *
Sedative 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 1 *
Stimulant 3 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.