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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
Sweetener 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratologic 2 *
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 4 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 5 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 4 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Toxic 3 *
Tranquilizer 1 *
Transdermal 1 *
Tumor-Promoter 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 6 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric 2 *
Uterotonic 1 *
Uterotrophic 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
UV-Screen 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Vasodilator 9 *
Vasopressor 2 *