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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatitic | 4 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 13 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihomocystinuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperglycemic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperinsulinemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperleptinemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 7 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |