Plant Actinidia chinensis (Actinidiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Kiwi

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
ACTINIDIN	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACTINIDINE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AFZELICHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	750.0	6370.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	4500.0	41600.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.4	6.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	160.0	1910.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	148800.0	877900.0	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENOIDS	0	Fruit	5.0	42.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	0.0	0.2	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	700.0	38400.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	11000.0	64900.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	3.0	30.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	610.0	3600.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Hemostat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	6	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	1	Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hyperglycemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic	9	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	7	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	6	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	4	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	1	Martindale's 28th
Insulin-Sparing	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Insulinogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *