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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
STARCH 5 Seed not available 728000.0 1.69 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 30.0 164.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 66700.0 125800.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 112000.0 205000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Seed not available 10700.0 -1.17 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 70.0 615.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Seed not available 2300.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Flower not available 150000.0 1.04 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Seed not available 1100.0 -0.98 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.4 3.4 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.4 1.8 -1.36 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 190.0 2250.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 80.0 700.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 100.0 1600.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 260.0 2700.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 1.3 7.3 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 754300.0 900000.0 0.56 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf not available 782000.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL 3 Fruit not available 42.0 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
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 *