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

Common Names

American Persimmon

How this plant is used

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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Hypotriglyceridemic	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
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	5	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant	1	Martindale's 29th
Inhalant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Insect-Repellent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulin-Sparing	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
JNK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	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.
Larvistat	2	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.
Laxative	3	Duke, 1992 *