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Plant Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
Mango
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 165000.0 540000.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
CARBONATE 0 Seed not available 900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENOIDS 0 Fruit 10.0 165.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
CATALASE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Fruit not available 205.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 1.1 16.6 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 70.0 350.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE 7 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Flower not available 400.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 16890.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 4000.0 38000.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 107000.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 8000.0 49000.0 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 16000.0 211000.0 0.61 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit 25700.0 48300.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
FURFUROL 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 18000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GABA 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Flower not available 90000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLOTANNIC-ACID 0 Flower not available 150000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 6 Merck 11th Edition
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 3 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 2 Duke, 1992 *