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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 *
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
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Lipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 3 Duke, 1992 *