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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 1 *
P450-Inducer 2 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 10 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 23 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant 1 *