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

Common Names
Purple Jobo; Purple Plum
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 450.0 2025.0 -0.16 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6000.0 34000.0 -0.59 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.6 9.0 -0.13 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 140.0 925.0 -0.68 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 220000.0 924000.0 0.75 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 12000.0 -0.55 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 4000.0 21000.0 -1.14 *
IRON 6 Fruit 6.0 37.0 -0.38 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 830.0 3550.0 -0.17 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 4.0 42.0 -0.25 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 350.0 1680.0 -0.47 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 2700.0 11155.0 -0.60 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 9000.0 41000.0 -0.92 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.3 2.1 -0.62 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 20.0 83.0 -0.18 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.7 3.7 -0.21 *
WATER 0 Fruit 758000.0 762000.0 -0.04 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 5 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardioprotective 4 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Circulotonic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 1 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Detoxicant 1 *
Diuretic 4 *
Fibrinolytic 1 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Gastroprotective 1 *
Hepatoprotective 1 *