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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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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
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 4 *
Antimaculitic 2 *
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 2 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimigraine 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiMS 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 1 *
Antinarcotic 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.
Antineuralgic 3 *
Antineuramidase 1 *
Antineurasthenic 1 *
Antineuritic 1 *
Antineuropathic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiobesity 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.