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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
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 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.
P-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID 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.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 89040.0 180500.0 3.02 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITODIOLEN 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.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Seed 13.0 20.0 0.34 Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 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.
PENTOSANS 0 Seed not available 15000.0 -1.33 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PENTOSE 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.
PEROXIDASE 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.
PHENOLICS 0 Seed not available 130000.0 1.00 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.
PHENYLACETIC-ACID 2 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.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed not available 5600.0 -0.71 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHENYLETHYLAMINE 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHLOBAPHENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHLOBAPHENE 0 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.
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE 2 Seed 92.0 1328.0 -1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOLIPIDS 0 Plant 255.0 3319.0 -1.76 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOLIPIDS 0 Seed 255.0 3319.0 -0.66 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Propecic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Secretor 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 2 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 3 Martindale's 29th
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic 1 Daroca, P., Rodriguez, J., Reano, M., Canto, G., Miranda, P. 1996. Fever From Caffeine. Allergy, 51(3): 189-191.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 3 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Radioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respirodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Rodenticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Rubefacient 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.