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Plant Manilkara zapota (Sapotaceae)

Common Names
Sapodilla
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
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 90.0 625.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 4000.0 24000.0 -0.85 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.2 1.0 -0.15 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 240.0 1300.0 -0.59 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate not available 150000.0 1.99 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 191000.0 923000.0 0.75 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 7000.0 44000.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 16000.0 106000.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit 44700.0 71300.0 0.22 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available 58400.0 -0.28 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
IRON 6 Fruit 6.0 40.0 -0.37 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 760.0 3760.0 0.15 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.0 10.0 -0.68 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 100.0 530.0 -0.82 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1810.0 8745.0 -0.81 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 4000.0 20000.0 -1.20 Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Latex Exudate not available 380000.0 -0.26 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.0 0.4 -0.99 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SAPONIN 0 Seed not available 10000.0 -0.73 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
SAPOTIN 0 Seed not available 800.0 not available Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).