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.
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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
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLyme	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimigraine	3	Martindale's 29th
Antimutagenic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antineuralgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiobesity	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.