Plant Elaeagnus umbellatus (Elaeagnaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Russian Olive

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	10.0	57.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	5900.0	31945.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	5.5	30.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Fruit	2.0	15.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	196.0	1070.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	137300.0	775930.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	2.0	13.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	9500.0	51435.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	51200.0	322865.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Fruit	0.2	1.3	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	10.0	70.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	493.0	3195.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	170.0	1010.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	6.0	34.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	8.3	45.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	380.0	2355.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	2010.0	1125.0	-1.49	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	29000.0	173255.0	0.85	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	2.9	16.0	2.35	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
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	3	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	6	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Cardioprotective	8	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebroprotective	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulatory-Stimulant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Circulotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th