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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
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 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Immunomodulator 5 *
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 *
Inotropic 2 *
Insect-Repellent 1 *
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 *
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 *
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 *