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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Ficus carica (Moraceae)

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
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CHLOROPHYLL-A 0 Fruit 10.0 18.0 *
CHLOROPHYLL-B 0 Fruit 7.0 10.0 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Fruit *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL 3 Fruit Gibernau, M., Buser, H. R., Frey, J. E., Hossaert-McKey, M. 1997. Volatile compounds from extracts of figs of Ficus carica. Phytochemistry, 46(2): 241-244.
CINNAMIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Fruit Gibernau, M., Buser, H. R., Frey, J. E., Hossaert-McKey, M. 1997. Volatile compounds from extracts of figs of Ficus carica. Phytochemistry, 46(2): 241-244.
CINNAMONITRILE 0 Leaf 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.
CINNAMYL-ACETATE 3 Leaf 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.
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL 6 Fruit *
CIS-HEXENYL-2-METHYLBUTYRATE 0 Leaf 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.
CIS-HEXENYL-BUTYRATE 0 Leaf 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.
CIS-HEXENYL-TIGLATE 0 Leaf 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.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 1000.0 4400.0 -0.58 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.6 3.6 -0.72 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
COUMARINS 0 Leaf 8000.0 -1.00 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Fruit 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.
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 120.0 574.0 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DIACYLGLYCEROL 0 Fruit 1.0 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.
DIASTASE 0 Latex Exudate List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DIGALACTOSYLDIGLKYCEIDE 0 Fruit 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.
DIMETHYL-ACETAL 0 Fruit *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 9 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Carcinostatic 1 Werbach & Murray, 1994.
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Cardioprotective 8 *
Cardiotonic 3 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Carminative 4 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 2 *
Cerebroprotective 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 8 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 12 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Chronotropic 1 *
Cicatrizant 1 *