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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
IRON 6 Fruit 3.0 57.0 -0.30 *
ISOAMYL-ACETATE 2 Fruit *
ISOBUTANOL 0 Fruit *
ISOBUTYL-4-METHYLPYRIDINE 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.
ISOBUTYL-ACETATE 3 Fruit *
ISOBUTYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Fruit *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 230.0 1101.0 -0.76 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Fruit *
ISOSCHAFTOSIDE 0 Fruit *
ISOSCHAFTOSIDE 0 Leaf 300.0 500.0 1.00 *
JASMONE 8 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.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 420.0 3600.0 -0.09 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 330.0 1580.0 -0.75 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit *
LINALOOL 53 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.
LINALOOL 53 Leaf Essent. Oil *
LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 29 Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic 2 *
Pesticide 55 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pheromone 1 *
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Photoactive 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Photocarcinogenic 1 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phototoxic 3 *
Phytoalexin 3 Merck 11th Edition
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Preservative 3 Merck 11th Edition
Previtamin-A 1 *