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

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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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
PSORALEN-GLYCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Fruit	1440.0	6893.0	-0.35	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PYRROLIDINE-CARBOXYLIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOLINE	3	Leaf	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.
REDUCING-SUGARS	0	Fruit	67700.0	884000.0	1.28	Korean J. Food Sci. Techn. 13(2): 166. 1981.
RESIN	0	Leaf	not available	22000.0	-1.65	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.
RHAMNOSE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.0	5.7	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
RUBBER	0	Bark	not available	1220.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIXANTHIN	1	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.
RUTIN	87	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	500.0	14300.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFRANAL	0	Leaf	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.
SALICYLATES	7	Fruit	1.8	64.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
SCHAFTOSIDE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCHAFTOSIDE	1	Leaf	300.0	500.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Leaf	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.

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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
Hemopoietic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	5	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	17	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	2	Martindale's 29th
Hepatotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	10	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Herpetifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	2	Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hydrocholerectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypertrichotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypnotic	3	Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.