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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Spondias dulcis (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
Ambarella
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 1.2 -0.40 *
MONO-METHYL-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 14.0 105.0 0.59 *
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 16900.0 17900.0 0.23 *
NITROGEN 0 Seed 6200.0 -1.48 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit 97600.0 0.53 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 670.0 5115.0 0.58 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 700.0 -1.23 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 950.0 20700.0 0.25 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 5800.0 -0.60 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 2000.0 15000.0 -1.27 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.2 1.5 -0.75 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 10.0 75.0 -0.18 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 80500.0 200000.0 0.67 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 36.0 180.0 -0.86 *
SULFUR 14 Seed 900.0 -0.92 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.5 4.0 -0.17 *
WATER 0 Fruit 596000.0 869000.0 0.43 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 1.9 -0.85 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiseptic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistress 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 2 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
Antisyndrome-X 4 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.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 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
Antitumor 2 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 2 *