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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.
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
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE 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.
STARCH 5 Seed 50000.0 90000.0 -0.89 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Hb not available 60000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 111300.0 215450.0 4.11 Duke, 1992 *
STEARODIOLEIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed not available not available not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
SUCROSE 14 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Seed 18000.0 37000.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Seed 20000.0 40000.0 -0.41 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.
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 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.
TANNINS 0 Seed not available 75400.0 0.47 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Seed 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.
THEOBROMINE 21 Petiole 174.0 223.0 1.22 Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Seed 10000.0 35000.0 2.23 Duke, 1992 *
THEOBROMINE 21 Testa 936.0 13000.0 1.04 Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE 36 Petiole 58.0 188.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
THEOPHYLLINE 36 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Mucolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myocardiotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Myocontractant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 8 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Myostimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 3 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 4 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 2 Martindale's 29th