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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
Mango
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 480.0 2625.0 0.13 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 1.6 8.8 -0.59 *
PEROXIDASE 0 Fruit *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 170.0 3700.0 0.13 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 103.0 1050.0 -0.66 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 720.0 3800.0 -0.22 *
PHYTIN 0 Fruit *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1080.0 9475.0 -0.75 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 180.0 2000.0 -0.55 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 5000.0 60000.0 -0.66 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 30000.0 78000.0 -1.34 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 95000.0 -1.23 *
PUFA 4 Fruit 510.0 2788.0 -0.64 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.5 3.3 -0.37 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.6 2.7 -0.17 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 220.0 3150.0 -0.17 *
SFA 0 Fruit 660.0 3608.0 -0.30 *
SILICA 0 Seed 4100.0 1.00 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 13.0 143.0 -0.17 *
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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 *
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 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
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 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Mycobactericide 3 *