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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Immunomodulator 2 *
Immunosuppressant 1 *
Laxative 1 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Leucocytogenic 2 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Pesticide 4 *
Phagocytotic 1 *
Piscicide 2 *
Potassium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Protease-Inhibitor 1 *
Protisticide 1 Chemical Express, 7: 285, 1992.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Lee, S. K., Song, Y., Mata-Greenwood, E., Kelloff, G. J., Steele, V. E., Pezzuto, J. M. 1999. Modulation of in vitro Biomarkers of the Carcinogenic Process by Chemopreventive Agents. Anticancer Res., 19: 35-44.
Sedative 1 *
Sodium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.