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

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	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Leaf	1.0	7.5	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Stem	0.2	108.0	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	4000.0	11230.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	26000.0	-1.26	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	15000.0	42135.0	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIUM	0	Leaf	0.0	0.3	-1.13	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	25.0	70.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	15.0	500.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Stem	3.0	1620.0	0.84	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	1270.0	3567.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
LANTHANUM	0	Leaf	1.5	15.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
LANTHANUM	0	Stem	0.7	16.2	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Leaf	0.5	35.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Stem	0.2	81.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	1500.0	5000.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Stem	660.0	5400.0	0.27	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	25.0	1500.0	2.03	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antieczemic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	4	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility	1	Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antifibrinolytic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *