Mangifera indica L.

Anacardiaceae

Common Names:
Amba (S)
Ambiram, Ma, Maampalam, Manga (T)
Mango (E)
Amra (Sa)

Traditional Knowledge

Useful plant parts :
Young leaf, bark and flower

Uses in traditional medicine :

Young leaves are used to treat dysentery, chronic lung disease, cough and asthma
Decoction of the bark is used to treat menorrhagia, leucorrhoea, bleeding piles and haemorrhages of the lungs
Dried flowers are used for diarrhoea, chronic dysentery and gleet

Scientific Research

Chemical constituents:

Xanthonoid: mangiferin, tetrahydroxyxanthone derivatives from stem bark and leaves; phenolics: gallic acid and its derivatives, catechin and epicatechin from stem bark; volatile terpenes from fruit

Bioactivity :

Mangiferin and extracts of the different plant parts: antioxidative, radioprotective, antitumour, immunomodulatory, antiallergic, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, lipolytic, anti-bone resorption, monoamine oxidase inhibiting, antiviral, antifungal, antibacterial and antiparasitic

Clinical:

Stem bark extract as an active principle in different pharmaceutical formulations shown to be effective as antioxidative, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory agent

Note :

Fruits are edible

References :

Aderibigbe, A. O. et al., (2001), Evaluation of the antidiabetic action of Mangifera indica in mice, Phytotherapy Research, 15(5), 456-458.

Garrido, G. et al., (2001), Analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of Mangifera indica L. extract (Vimang), Phytotherapy Research, 15(1), 18-21.

Makare, N. et al., (2001), Immunomodulatory activity of alcoholic extract of Mangifera indica L. in mice, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 78(2-3),133-137

Pino, J. A. et al., (2005), Volatile Components from Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Cultivars, J. Agric. Food Chem, 53(6), 2213-2223.

Selles, A. J. N. et al., (2002), Isolation and Quantitative Analysis of Phenolic Antioxidants, Free Sugars, and Polyols from Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Stem Bark Aqueous Decoction Used in Cuba as a Nutritional Supplement, J. Agric. Food Chem, 50(4), 762-766.

Selles, A. J. N. et al., (2007), The paradox of natural products as pharmaceuticals: Experimental evidences of a mango stem bark extract, Pharmacological Research, 55(5), 351-358.

Singh, S. K. et al., (2009), Phytochemical and pharmacological investiga- tions on mangiferin, Herba polonica, 55(1), 127-139.

Wauthoz, N. et al., (2007), Ethnopharmacology of Mangifera indica L. Bark and Pharmacological Studies of its Main C-Glucosylxanthone, Mangiferin, International Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Science, 1(2), 112-119.

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