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Plant Spondias dulcis (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
Ambarella
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
MANGANESE 14 Fruit not available 1.2 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
MONO-METHYL-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 14.0 105.0 0.59 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 16900.0 17900.0 0.23 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Seed not available 6200.0 -1.48 Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit not available 97600.0 0.53 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 670.0 5115.0 0.58 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed not available 700.0 -1.23 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 950.0 20700.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed not available 5800.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 2000.0 15000.0 -1.27 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.2 1.5 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 10.0 75.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 80500.0 200000.0 0.67 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 36.0 180.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Seed not available 900.0 -0.92 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.5 4.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 596000.0 869000.0 0.43 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit not available 1.9 -0.85 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
Antialzheimeran 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.