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

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
COBALT 2 Stem 0.0 54.0 1.67 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 1.0 7.5 -0.55 *
COPPER 12 Stem 0.2 108.0 0.20 *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Plant *
FAT 0 Fruit 4000.0 11230.0 -0.56 *
FAT 0 Seed 26000.0 -1.26 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 15000.0 42135.0 -0.94 *
GALLIUM 0 Leaf 0.0 0.3 -1.13 *
IRON 6 Fruit 25.0 70.0 -0.25 *
IRON 6 Leaf 15.0 500.0 0.35 *
IRON 6 Stem 3.0 1620.0 0.84 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 1270.0 3567.0 -0.14 *
LANTHANUM 0 Leaf 1.5 15.0 -0.58 *
LANTHANUM 0 Stem 0.7 16.2 -0.15 *
LEAD 0 Leaf 0.5 35.0 0.13 *
LEAD 0 Stem 0.2 81.0 0.24 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 1500.0 5000.0 0.34 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Stem 660.0 5400.0 0.27 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 25.0 1500.0 2.03 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Energizer 1 *
Ergogenic 1 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic 3 *
Expectorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 5 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 3 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
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 3 *
Herbicide 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 7 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Hypotensive 9 *