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
Nephrotoxic	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
Neuroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
P450-Inducer	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatoxic	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
Perfumery	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide	12	Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pigment	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Plasmodicide	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *