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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Diospyros melanoxylon (Ebenaceae)

How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
BETULIN 13 Bark 5000.0 0.34 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Heart Wood 200.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Plant 2000.0 2.08 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Stem Bark 2500.0 0.63 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Wood 100.0 200.0 -0.61 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Heart Wood 100.0 -0.77 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Plant 50.0 -0.63 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Stem Bark 100.0 -0.39 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Wood 100.0 1000.0 0.07 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anthelmintic 1 *
Antibacterial 1 *
Anticancer 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticarcinomic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiedemic 1 *
Antifeedant 1 *
Antiflu 1 *
AntiHIV 2 Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antiinflammatory 2 Recio, M., et al. 1994. Investigations on the Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Triterpenoids from Diospyros leucomelas*. Planta Medica, 61: 9.
Antileukemic 1 *
Antimalarial 1 *
Antimelanomic 1 New York Times, 3/28/95.
Antinociceptive 1 *
Antiplasmodial 1 *
Antitumor 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 2 *
Aphidifuge 1 Lugemwa, F.N., Huang, F-Y., Bentley, M.D., Mendel, M.J., and Alford, A.R. 1990. A Heliothis zea Antifeedant from the Abundant Birchbark Triterpene Betulin. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38(2): 493-494.
Apoptotic 1 *
Cytotoxic 2 *
Hypolipemic 1 *