Plant Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Cacao

How this plant is used

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(-)-EPICATECHIN	38	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-SALSOLINOL	1	Seed	0.0	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-BUTYRIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL	5	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
3-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDYL-CYANIDIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDYL-CYANIDIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDYL-CYANIDIN	0	Seed	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-D-GALACTOSIDYL-CYANIDIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-D-GALACTOSIDYL-CYANIDIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-D-GALACTOSIDYL-CYANIDIN	0	Seed	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-BENZOIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ACETIC-ACID	16	Seed	1520.0	7100.0	1.39	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	not available	10400.0	0.05	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALKALOIDS	0	Leaf	not available	10000.0	0.06	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
ALKALOIDS	0	Seed	30000.0	40000.0	1.26	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SITOSTEROL	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-THEOSTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
AMYL-ACETATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
AMYL-ALCOHOL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
AMYL-BUTYRATE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(+)-Inotropic	2	Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	3	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidifier	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenosine-Antagonist	1	McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Adrenergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	12	Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993.
Allelochemic	8	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	4	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.