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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	10	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	9	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antichorea	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant?	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).