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Plant 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
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 540.0 8190.0 0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 2000.0 24000.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 48000.0 50000.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 1430.0 1490.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 75000.0 904000.0 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 92000.0 96000.0 -1.70 Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 12000.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 530000.0 600000.0 1.76 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 5000.0 60000.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 27000.0 28000.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
GUM 0 Leaf not available 100000.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 1.0 12.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed not available 4.0 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 300.0 3610.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 6040.0 6290.0 1.12 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.0 24.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed not available 7.0 -1.07 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 291500.0 420000.0 2.47 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticataract 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 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.
Anticlimacteric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticold 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiCrohn's 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *