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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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List of plant chemicals.
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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 0.0 -1.14 *
PHYTASE 0 Plant *
PHYTATE 0 Seed 10.0 530.0 -1.51 Phytate in Food. Harland & Oberleas. Wld. Rev. Nutr. Diet, 52: 235-259.
PLANTEOSE 0 Plant *
POLYGALACTURONATE 0 Plant *
POLYHYDROXYPHENOLS 0 Seed 20000.0 60000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
POLYPHENOL-OXIDASE 0 Plant 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 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 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 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PROPYL-ACETATE 0 Plant *
PROPYL-ACETATE 0 Seed 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 *
PROTEINASE 0 Seed *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PURINE 0 Root 14000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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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 *