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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Blighia sapida (Sapindaceae)

Common Names
Akee; Seso Vegetal
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Aril 260.0 1530.0 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 780.0 2735.0 1.30 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Aril 12000.0 449000.0 1.00 *
ASH 0 Seed 14000.0 104000.0 1.69 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Aril 5.5 18.0 1.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Aril 400.0 1950.0 0.33 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 200.0 1300.0 -0.52 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Aril 46000.0 225000.0 -1.07 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 55000.0 569000.0 0.18 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Aril 200000.0 649000.0 1.23 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Seed 12000.0 611000.0 1.82 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Aril 16000.0 81000.0 1.41 *
FIBER 15 Seed 3000.0 153000.0 0.14 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GLYCYLGLYCYLGLYCINE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
HEDERAGENIN 9 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
HYPOGLYCIN 0 Fruit *
IRON 6 Aril 27.0 130.0 0.61 *
IRON 6 Seed 17.0 173.0 0.10 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KILOCALORIES 0 Aril 1960.0 6360.0 1.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 640.0 6320.0 1.14 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Pesticide 3 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 2 *
Sedative 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tranquilizer 1 *
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Vasodilator 4 Martindale's 29th
Vulnerary 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).