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Plant 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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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
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 129.0 2764.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTATE 0 Fruit 3850.0 5570.0 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE 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.
PHYTOIN 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.
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 310.0 1484.0 0.69 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
POLYSACCHARIDES 0 Leaf not available 48000.0 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.
POLYSACCHARIDES 0 Stem Bark not available 14000.0 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.
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1770.0 11662.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 490.0 2346.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROPYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEASE 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.
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 3300.0 130000.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 43000.0 142000.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL 0 Leaf 43000.0 142000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PSOBERAN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Leaf 40.0 8000.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Resin, Exudate, Sap 60.0 2090.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Vibriocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vitamin-A-Activity 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 4 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.