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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
GERANIOL 35 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 10000.0 43200.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 600.0 6800.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 210.0 1900.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 120.0 1200.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 1.0 243.0 0.44 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf not available 62.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 180.0 2000.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
ISOMANGIFEROLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 590.0 3554.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Fruit 10.0 55.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 310.0 2950.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 140.0 765.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Fruit 370.0 2023.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 410.0 3200.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 84.0 875.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 6700.0 36600.0 1.43 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 *