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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.
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
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistress 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 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
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitubercular 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *