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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Eriobotrya japonica (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Loquat
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
AUCUPARIN 2 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 2.6 68.0 -0.02 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 20.0 150.0 -0.60 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 180.0 2381.0 -0.34 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 21900.0 0.24 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.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 102000.0 919000.0 0.73 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Seed 200.0 *
CERYL-PALMITATE 0 Seed 600.0 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
COPPER 12 Leaf 7.0 -0.57 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.
CREATINE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
CREATINE 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYANIDIN 7 Plant *
D-(+)-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-SORBITOL 0 Leaf 2000.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DEHYDRO-GIBBERELLIN-GA-25 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitumor-Promoter 6 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 2 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Antiulcer 10 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 *
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose 1 *
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 12 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiwrinkle 1 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 5 *
Apoptotic 5 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 3 *