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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Sclerocarya caffra (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
Marula
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 190.0 2290.0 -0.81 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 5000.0 60000.0 -0.66 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 246000.0 256000.0 0.20 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.5 6.0 0.21 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.2 -0.89 *
TANNIN 35 Bark 35000.0 100000.0 -0.36 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 200000.0 1.09 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.3 3.6 -0.22 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 0.4 -1.48 *
WATER 0 Fruit 917000.0 0.64 *
WATER 0 Seed 39000.0 -0.72 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 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
Allergenic 3 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 2 *
Anemiagenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 *
Anthelmintic 1 *
Antiacrodynic 1 *
AntiAGE 1 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
Antiaggregant 1 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
Antiaging 1 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 1 *
Antiallergic 3 *
Antialopecic 1 *
Antialzheimeran 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 *