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Plant 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
NEROLIDOL-3-O-[ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL(1,4)-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL(1,2)-[ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL(1,6)]-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRA 0 Leaf not available 40.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEROLIDOL-3-O-[ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE] 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEROLIDOL-3-O-[ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE] 0 Leaf not available 7.5 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEROLIDOL-3-O-[ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-(1,4)-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE] 0 Leaf not available 37.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEROLIDOL-3-O-[ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-(1,4)-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-(1,6)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE] 0 Leaf not available 36.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEROLIDOL-3-O-{ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-(1,4)-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-[ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-(1,6)]-BETA-D-GLUCOP 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.0 25.0 -0.48 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NITROGEN 0 Seed not available 26000.0 0.16 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
OLEIC-ACID 18 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.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 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.
PENTOSANS 0 Seed not available 46000.0 -0.68 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 140.0 2667.0 -0.17 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 20.0 150.0 -1.02 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 2600.0 27632.0 0.86 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf not available 15500.0 -0.66 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.
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 2000.0 56000.0 -0.72 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.4 4.2 -0.17 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ROSEOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 5.5 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 9 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 2 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 4 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *