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Plant 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
CAFFEINE 62 Testa 130.0 723.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
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 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.
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 not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CATECHIN-TANNINS 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHINS 1 Seed 30000.0 40000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CATECHOL 22 Plant not available not available not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
CELLULASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed not available 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 not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Seed not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 1 Plant not available not available not available 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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadhesive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 14 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 6 Martindale's 28th
Antialzheimeran? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamebic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antianaphylactic 6 Duke, 1992 *