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Plant 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 not available J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 710.0 3410.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 32.0 155.0 1.26 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 20915.0 22090.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 410.0 1970.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 171000.0 203300.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.5 7.2 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Fruit 1435.0 1468.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Petiole 117.0 129.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Seed 1139.0 1710.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Testa 8787.0 9158.0 0.31 Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE 36 Fruit 453.0 522.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
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
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antifatigue 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 198.
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.