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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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. |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antibacterial | 35 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antibronchitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antibronchoconstrictor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticalculic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Breast) | 3 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Liver) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Anticapillary-Fragility | 1 | Merck 7th Ed. |
Anticarcinogenic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
Anticarcinomic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |