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Common Names
Cacao
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 500.0 | 5000.0 | 0.54 | J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995 |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 3600.0 | 5571.0 | 0.06 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PHYLLOQUINONE | 5 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -1.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTASE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTATE | 0 | Seed | 10.0 | 530.0 | -1.51 | Phytate in Food. Harland & Oberleas. Wld. Rev. Nutr. Diet, 52: 235-259. |
| PLANTEOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYGALACTURONATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYHYDROXYPHENOLS | 0 | Seed | 20000.0 | 60000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| POLYPHENOL-OXIDASE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| POLYPHENOLS | 30 | Seed | 78000.0 | 100000.0 | 1.00 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PROANTHOCYANIDINS | 34 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind) |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 7200.0 | -0.81 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PROPIONIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 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. |
| PROPYL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROPYL-ACETATE | 0 | Seed | 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. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 12000.0 | 28570.0 | -1.08 | J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995 |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 100000.0 | 180000.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEINASE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID | 43 | 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. |
| PURINE | 0 | Root | not available | 14000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| 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. |