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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
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 *