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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
4-HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
4-HYDROXYPHENYLETHANOL 0 Fruit *
AESCULETIN 32 Stem Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
AESCULIN 33 Stem Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Oil 119.0 -0.52 *
APIGENIN 101 Leaf 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.
APIGENIN-7-DI-O-XYLOSIDE 0 Leaf 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.
APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ARABINOSE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Fruit 300.0 800.0 -0.92 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH 0 Fruit 64000.0 294000.0 6.15 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Leaf 61000.0 -1.02 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Twig 85000.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Fruit *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 1.8 8.3 -0.13 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 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.
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 4.0 -0.72 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 610.0 2798.0 -0.24 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antivaginitic 1 *
Antivaricose 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 13 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast 1 *
Anxiolytic 5 *
Aphidifuge 1 *
Aphrodisiac 1 *
Apoptotic 7 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 4 *
Ascaricide 1 *
Astringent 2 Merck 11th Edition
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Beta-Blocker 3 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 3 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 3 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.