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

Common Names
Cacao
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CAFFEINE 62 Testa 130.0 723.0 1.36 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 1300.0 3095.0 -0.18 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
CALCIUM 28 Seed 800.0 1100.0 -0.56 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAMPESTEROL 2 Sprout Seedling List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 343000.0 816665.0 0.18 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 347000.0 445000.0 -0.31 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CATALASE 1 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CATECHIN-TANNINS 0 Seed *
CATECHINS 1 Seed 30000.0 40000.0 1.00 *
CATECHOL 22 Plant Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
CELLULASE 0 Plant *
CELLULOSE 1 Plant *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed 90000.0 -0.24 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHLORIDE 0 Seed 120.0 -0.66 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Seed Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CHOLESTEROL 1 Oil 0.0 2800.0 1.00 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CHOLESTEROL 1 Plant *
CHRYSOERIOL-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 1 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Seed 4500.0 7500.0 0.01 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Allergenic 11 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Anabolic 1 *
Analeptic 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.
Analgesic 13 *
Analgesic-Synergist 1 *
Androgenic 1 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 *
Anesthetic 2 *
Angiogenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 *
Anorexic 2 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 *