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Plant Artocarpus heterophyllus (Moraceae)

Common Names
Jackfruit
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTOCARPANONE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTOCARPESINE 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTOCARPETIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTOCARPIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTOFLAVANONE 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ARTOFLAVANONE-2',4',5,7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARTOSTENONE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 45.0 435.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 10000.0 37355.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 15000.0 30990.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.2 8.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 200.0 1735.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 500.0 1033.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate 60000.0 100000.0 0.92 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 189000.0 896900.0 0.61 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 384000.0 793400.0 1.07 Duke, 1992 *
CONCAVALIN-A 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 1.8 7.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Oliveira, T. T., Nagem, T. J., Miranda, L. C. G., Paula, V. F., Teixeira, M. A. 1997. Inhibitory Action on Aldose Reductase by Soybean Flavonoids. J Braz Chem Soc, 8(3): 211-213.
Allergenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.