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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
STARCH 5 Seed not available 728000.0 1.69 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 30.0 164.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 66700.0 125800.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 112000.0 205000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Seed not available 10700.0 -1.17 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 70.0 615.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Seed not available 2300.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Flower not available 150000.0 1.04 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Seed not available 1100.0 -0.98 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.4 3.4 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.4 1.8 -1.36 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 190.0 2250.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 80.0 700.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 100.0 1600.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 260.0 2700.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 1.3 7.3 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 754300.0 900000.0 0.56 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf not available 782000.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL 3 Fruit not available 42.0 not available 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
Prooxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 8 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.