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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 *
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
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiandrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th