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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BORON | 4 | Fruit | 1.0 | 100.0 | 1.21 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Shiraishi, S. C., Kawakami, K., Widodo, S. E., Shiraishi, M., Kitazaki, M. 1996. Organic acid profiles in the juice of fig fruits. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University, 41(1-2): 29-33. |
CADALENE | 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. |
CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 350.0 | 4228.0 | 0.09 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | not available | 31600.0 | 0.90 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
CALOTROPENOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Fruit | 10.0 | 50.0 | -0.23 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
CAOUTCHOUC | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | 24000.0 | -0.69 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 98000.0 | 918143.0 | 0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 164000.0 | 632000.0 | 0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
CAROTENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 20.0 | -0.99 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
CAROTENOIDS | 0 | Fruit | 16.0 | 43.0 | -0.50 | 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. |
CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | 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. |
CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE | 6 | 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. |
CERAMBIDOLIGOSIDE | 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. |
CERAMBPHOSPHATINOOLIGOSIDE | 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. |
CEREBROSIDE | 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. |
CEROTINIC-ACID | 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. |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Neurotoxic | 2 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
NF-kB-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
NO-Genic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
NO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
NO-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Odontolytic | 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. |
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 6 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Osteolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Oviposition-Stimulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
Ozone-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
P21-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
P450-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
PAF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |