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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
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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antipyretic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 2 *
Antiretinotic 1 *
Antirheumatic 3 *
Antirhinitic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseptic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonergic 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.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistress 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisyndrome-X 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor 3 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *