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
(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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiobesity	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiparkinsonian	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	1	Planta Medica, 57: A110, 1991.
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	4	Duke, 1992 *