Common Names
Fig; Figuier Commun (Fr.); Echte Feige (Ger.); Feigenbaum (Ger.); Fico (Ital.); Figueira (Port.); Higo (Sp.); Higuera Comun (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 129.0 | 2764.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
PHYLLOQUINONE | 5 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
PHYTATE | 0 | Fruit | 3850.0 | 5570.0 | -0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
PHYTOFLUENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
PHYTOIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Fruit | 310.0 | 1484.0 | 0.69 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
POLYSACCHARIDES | 0 | Leaf | not available | 48000.0 | not available | Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
POLYSACCHARIDES | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | 14000.0 | not available | Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 1770.0 | 11662.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
PROLINE | 0 | Fruit | 490.0 | 2346.0 | -0.46 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
PROPYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PROTEASE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 3300.0 | 130000.0 | 0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 43000.0 | 142000.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL | 0 | Leaf | 43000.0 | 142000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PSOBERAN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PSORALEN | 31 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PSORALEN | 31 | Leaf | 40.0 | 8000.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
PSORALEN | 31 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PSORALEN | 31 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | 60.0 | 2090.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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11B-HSD-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
5-HETE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
5-HT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Abortifacient | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Acaricide | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
ACE-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
AChE-Inhibitor | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
Acidifier | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Acidulant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Addictive | 1 | Science News, 145: 294. |
Additive | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
Adjuvant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
Adrenergic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
Aggregant | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 15 | Duke, 1992 * |
Allelochemic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |