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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
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.