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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PURINE | 0 | Seed | 30000.0 | 40000.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| PYRIDOXINE | 43 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -1.15 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| QUERCITRIN | 44 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| RAFFINASE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| REDUCTASE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| RHAMNOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 1.6 | 3.8 | -0.26 | J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995 |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.18 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTOSIDE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SACCHAROSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALSOLINOL | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | not available | 8800.0 | -0.34 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| SEROTONIN | 26 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SEROTONIN | 26 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiandrogenic | 5 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiangiogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antianxiety | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiaphthic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiapneic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiapoplectic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiapoptotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 9 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiasthmatic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiataxic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiatherogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |