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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 *
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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
Myorelaxant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 5 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 2 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.