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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
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 480.0 2625.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 1.6 8.8 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 170.0 3700.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 103.0 1050.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 720.0 3800.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1080.0 9475.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 180.0 2000.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 5000.0 60000.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 30000.0 78000.0 -1.34 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 95000.0 -1.23 Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Fruit 510.0 2788.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.5 3.3 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.6 2.7 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 220.0 3150.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Fruit 660.0 3608.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
SILICA 0 Seed not available 4100.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 13.0 143.0 -0.17 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
Styptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratologic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyrotropic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 3 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 3 Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tumor-Promoter 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.