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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
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 0.2 12.2 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
MANGIFERIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGIFERINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGIFEROL 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGIFEROLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGIFERONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 50.0 550.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
MUFA 13 Fruit 1010.0 5522.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 90.0 492.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE-B 0 Fruit not available 19.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE-U 0 Fruit not available 7.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHOPHYLL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 6.5 63.0 0.03 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 22.0 100.0 0.03 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 540.0 2950.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit not available 300.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 520.0 2843.0 -0.32 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
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 24 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 6 Martindale's 29th
Candidistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 6 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Catabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Inhibitor 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.