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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
Anticollegenase 1 *
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary 1 *
Anticonvulsant 10 *
Anticoronary 5 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
AntiCVI 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidandruff 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidermatitic 9 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiabetic 14 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiarrheic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.