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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
L-ARGININE 1 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
LEUCOPELARGONIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNO-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRENOSIDE 0 Plant *
LEVULOSE 1 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LOQUATIFOLIN-A 0 Leaf 800.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
LOQUATOSIDE 0 Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 2480.0 -0.64 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.
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 224.0 -0.09 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.
MASLINIC-ACID 6 Leaf 12.0 90.0 -0.51 *
MASLINIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Leaf 100.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
MERCURY 1 Leaf 0.0 -0.61 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.
METHYL-GUANIDINE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
METHYL-GUANIDINE 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
N-ALPHA-ACETYL-L-ARGININE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
N-ALPHA-ACETYL-L-ARGININE 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE-B 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE-U 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NEROLIDOL-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL(1,4)-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL(1,2)-[ALPHA-L-(4-TRANS-FERULOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL(1,6) 0 Leaf 20.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Capillarigenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 5 *
Cardioprotective 8 *
Cardiotonic 2 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 2 *
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 3 *
Cholagogue 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 4 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Circulotonic 1 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 *
Collagenic 2 *