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Plant Artocarpus heterophyllus (Moraceae)

Common Names
Jackfruit
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
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 *
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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
Antimelanomic 1 New York Times, 3/28/95.
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 2 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.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.