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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Olea europaea (Oleaceae)

Common Names
Olive
How this plant is used
Food
Subspecies
europaea

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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
(+)-CYCLO-OLIVIL 0 Branches Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
1-ACETOXYPINORESINOL 1 Bark *
1-CAFFEYL-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
2-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 3 Fruit *
3,4-DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHANOL 1 Fruit *
3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHANOL-4-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHANOL-4-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHYLALCOHOL 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL 0 Fruit *
3,4-DIMETHOXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
4-HYDROXY-3,5-DIMETHOXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
4-HYDROXY-3,5-DIMETHOXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-CINNAMIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
4-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 1 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Bladder) 2 *
Antitumor (brain) 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 (Breast) 6 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 6 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 2 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 (Lung) 5 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 2 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) 3 *
Antitumor (Skin) 5 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 4 *
Antitumor (Thyroid) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 7 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 3 *
Antiulcer 9 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
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.