Plant Sclerocarya caffra (Anacardiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Marula

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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *