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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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 6 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Cardioprotective 6 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 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
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Demulcent 2 Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *