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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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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 *
ASH 0 Fruit 2000.0 24000.0 -0.85 *
ASH 0 Seed 48000.0 50000.0 0.06 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 1430.0 1490.0 -0.49 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 75000.0 904000.0 0.65 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 92000.0 96000.0 -1.70 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 12000.0 -0.55 *
FAT 0 Seed 530000.0 600000.0 1.76 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 5000.0 60000.0 -0.77 *
FIBER 15 Seed 27000.0 28000.0 -0.84 *
GUM 0 Leaf 100000.0 0.02 *
IRON 6 Fruit 1.0 12.0 -0.48 *
IRON 6 Seed 4.0 -0.68 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 300.0 3610.0 -0.08 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 6040.0 6290.0 1.12 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.0 24.0 -0.49 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 7.0 -1.07 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 291500.0 420000.0 2.47 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 3 *
Antioxidant 3 *
Antioxidant Synergist 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiparkinsonian 2 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphotophobic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiPMS 1 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipyretic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 2 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.
AntiRaynaud's 2 *
Antirenitic 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.
Antiretinotic 1 *
Antirheumatic 2 *