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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Theobroma speciosum (Sterculiaceae)

Common Names
Macambo

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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
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 90.0 230.0 -0.27 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
ASH 0 Fruit 15000.0 38460.0 -0.47 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 190.0 485.0 -0.78 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 422000.0 844000.0 0.33 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
FAT 0 Fruit 92000.0 235900.0 1.16 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
FIBER 15 Fruit 182000.0 466665.0 3.07 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
IRON 6 Fruit 17.0 45.0 -0.35 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 1760.0 4515.0 1.30 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
NIACIN 39 Fruit 12.0 30.0 -0.41 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 1650.0 4230.0 0.31 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 67000.0 171750.0 0.83 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 10.0 27.0 4.71 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 9.0 25.0 2.52 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
WATER 0 Fruit 610000.0 -0.70 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifibrotic 1 *
Antigallstone 1 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigingivitic 1 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihangover 3 *
Antiheartburn 1 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 2 *
Antihistaminic 2 *
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkinetic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 3 *
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.