Plant Diospyros virginiana (Ebenaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

American Persimmon

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
(E)-2-HEXENAL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Stem	4.0	378.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	660.0	1855.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	9000.0	25280.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	not available	50000.0	-1.21	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Stem	22000.0	54000.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Leaf	1.0	910.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Stem	3.0	1080.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOTHIAZOLE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Leaf	4.0	50.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Stem	1.0	38.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	270.0	758.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	1150.0	12500.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Stem	2640.0	17820.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	335000.0	941000.0	0.85	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Leaf	0.0	1.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Stem	0.0	2.7	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Leaf	0.0	100.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	2	Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antiulcer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiviral	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiyeast	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
ATPase-Inhibitor	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *