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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Artocarpus altilis (Moraceae)

Common Names
Breadfruit
How this plant is used
Food

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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
PROLINE 0 Seed 3690.0 8440.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 9000.0 58240.0 -0.69 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 52500.0 199600.0 -0.30 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
PUFA 4 Seed 29770.0 68075.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.3 1.0 -0.86 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.0 7.0 1.33 *
SERINE 1 Seed 4960.0 11340.0 0.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Seed 15090.0 34505.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM 1 Fruit 11.0 98.0 -0.17 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 5100.0 11660.0 -0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SULFUR 14 Fruit 120.0 530.0 -0.62 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 1.0 4.0 -0.17 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 2.0 10.0 0.81 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 520.0 1770.0 -0.52 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 3850.0 8800.0 0.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 1230.0 2815.0 -0.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 190.0 645.0 -0.73 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 470.0 1600.0 -0.59 *
VALINE 3 Seed 5350.0 12235.0 0.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiedemic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 1 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 5 *
Antiescherichic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 1 *
Antifatigue 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *
Antifibrotic 2 *
Antiflu 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.