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

Common Names

American Persimmon

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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
MANGANESE	14	Stem	22.0	1080.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
MOLBDENUM	0	Leaf	0.0	1.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Stem	0.0	1.1	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEODYMIUM	0	Leaf	3.5	15.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
NEODYMIUM	0	Stem	1.5	37.8	1.35	Duke, 1992 *
NERYL-ACETATE	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Leaf	0.3	16.0	-0.08	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Stem	0.1	8.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLETHYL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	260.0	730.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	450.0	1500.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Stem	132.0	2592.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	3100.0	8710.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	7500.0	16000.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Stem	1716.0	16200.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	8000.0	22470.0	-1.17	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	not available	100000.0	-1.19	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
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 *