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Plant Eriobotrya japonica (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Loquat
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
1-BETA-HYDROXY-EUSCAPHIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-19-ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 5.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
2-ALPHA-3-BETA-19-ALPHA-23-TETRAHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 25.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
23-CIS-P-COUMAROYL-TORMENTIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 7.5 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
23-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-TORMENTIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 20.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
2ALPHA-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 12.1 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3,6,19-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 25.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-BETA-6-ALPHA-19-ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 13.6 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-TRANS-CAFFEOYLTORMENTIC-ACID 2 Leaf not available 15.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-ROTUNDIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 9.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3BETA,6BETA,19ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 5.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
AMYGDALIN 8 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
AMYGDALIN 8 Seed not available 14000.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARSENIC 2 Leaf not available 0.3 0.68 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 10.0 840.0 -0.23 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASCORBIC-ACID-OXIDASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH 0 Fruit 4000.0 44000.0 -0.33 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AUCAPARIN 0 Plant not available not available not available 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 3 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *