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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
2-OCTENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 510.0 5650.0 0.76 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMBOLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMBONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 190.0 3400.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 30.0 1760.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 530.0 2430.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 4700.0 29140.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 19000.0 133000.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed not available 36600.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 420.0 4100.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 11.0 96.0 0.03 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 6.0 44.0 -0.95 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit 0.5 17.5 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 92.0 1400.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 290.0 29300.0 0.74 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 170000.0 929390.0 0.78 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
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 9 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 3 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 9 Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvistat 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 6 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.