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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
QUERCETIN 176 Plant *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 10.0 28.0 -0.18 *
STRONTIUM 0 Leaf 7.0 1000.0 1.46 *
STRONTIUM 0 Stem 6.6 378.0 -0.21 *
TITANIUM 0 Leaf 0.2 50.0 -0.48 *
TITANIUM 0 Stem 0.0 162.0 1.33 *
VANADIUM 16 Leaf 0.3 1.5 -0.78 *
VANADIUM 16 Stem 0.1 1.1 -0.84 *
WATER 0 Fruit 644000.0 -0.55 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Leaf 0.1 1.0 -0.51 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Stem 0.0 0.4 -0.45 *
YTTRIUM 0 Leaf 0.2 15.0 -0.14 *
YTTRIUM 0 Stem 0.1 16.2 1.67 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 5.0 25.0 -0.37 *
ZINC 77 Stem 9.0 162.0 0.68 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Leaf 1.0 3.5 -0.56 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Stem 0.4 1.6 -0.57 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Leptingenic 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
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Memorigenic 1 *
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 2 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Mucogenic 1 Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 3 *
Myorelaxant 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 2 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *