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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Rhizophora mangle (Rhizophoraceae)

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Common name(s)
Red Mangrove
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 ASH Leaf 89000.0 101000.0 -0.31 *
4 BORON Leaf -- 83.0 0.59 *
28 CALCIUM Leaf -- 13500.0 -0.34 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Leaf 732000.0 770000.0 1.26 *
0 CAROTENE Leaf -- 6.0 -1.01 *
0 CATECHIN-TANNINS Bark 300000.0 400000.0 1.40 *
21 CHLOROPHYLL Leaf 890.0 2230.0 -0.77 *
20 CHOLINE Leaf -- -- -- *
2 COBALT Leaf -- 5.0 -0.27 *
12 COPPER Leaf -- 35.0 0.20 *
0 FAT Leaf 34000.0 36000.0 -0.41 *
15 FIBER Leaf 139000.0 145000.0 -0.20 *
15 FOLACIN Leaf -- 6.8 -0.32 *
0 GUM Bark -- -- -- *
12 IODINE Leaf -- -- -- *
6 IRON Leaf -- 152.0 -0.54 *
65 MAGNESIUM Leaf -- 8800.0 1.80 *
14 MANGANESE Leaf -- 300.0 0.04 *
39 NIACIN Leaf -- -- -- *
11 PANTOTHENIC-ACID Leaf -- 53.0 0.56 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.