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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Elaeagnus pungens (Elaeagnaceae)

Common Names
Thorny Silver Berry
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
3,7-DIMETHYLKAEMPFEROL 0 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
KUMATAKENIN 0 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LUPEOL 21 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Candidicide 2 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Cardioprotective 2 *
Cardiotonic 2 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Choleretic 2 Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
CNS-Depressant 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Cytotoxic 2 *
Diuretic 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Elastase-Inhibitor 2 *
Estrogenic 1 *
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
FPTase-Inhibitor 1 *
Fungicide 1 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hepatoprotective 3 *
Hypocholesterolemic 1 Martindale's 30th
Hypoglycemic 2 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipemic 1 *