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Plant Actinidia chinensis (Actinidiaceae)

Common Names
Kiwi
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LEVULOSE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 1.8 9.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 300.0 1770.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
NEOCHROME 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOXANTHIN 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 5.0 30.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit 4200.0 24800.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 300.0 3060.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 3320.0 19600.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 7900.0 62830.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.5 3.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 50.0 295.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit not available 9500.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.2 1.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL 93 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Fruit not available not available not available 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
Antiglossitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosation 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
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 7 Duke, 1992 *