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Plant Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae)

Common Names
Cacao
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antileukemic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukorrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antileukotriene 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphedemic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *