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Plant Rhizophora mangle (Rhizophoraceae)

Common Names
Red Mangrove
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
ASH 0 Leaf 89000.0 101000.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Leaf not available 83.0 0.59 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf not available 13500.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 732000.0 770000.0 1.26 Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE 0 Leaf not available 6.0 -1.01 Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN-TANNINS 0 Bark 300000.0 400000.0 1.40 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROPHYLL 21 Leaf 890.0 2230.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Leaf not available 5.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf not available 35.0 0.20 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 34000.0 36000.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 139000.0 145000.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Leaf not available 6.8 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
GUM 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf not available 152.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf not available 8800.0 1.80 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf not available 300.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Leaf not available 53.0 0.56 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
Anticariogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
AntiCrohn's 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 2 Martindale's 29th