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Plant Phoenix dactylifera (Arecaceae)

Common Names
Date Palm
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
STIGMAST-4,22-DIENE-3,6-DIONE 0 Stem not available not available not available 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.
STIGMAST-4-ENE-3,6-DIONE 0 Stem not available not available not available 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.
STIGMAST-4-ENE-3-ONE 0 Stem not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 0.0 400000.0 2.09 Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Seed not available 38200.0 -0.15 Abstract (See species file)
SUGARS 0 Fruit 380000.0 850000.0 2.62 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 510.0 590.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit 200.0 18000.0 -0.74 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNINS 0 Plant 7500.0 44800.0 -1.34 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.
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.1 1.7 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 10.0 980.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-3,5,3',5'-TETRAHYDROXY-4-METHYLSTILBENE 0 Stem not available not available not available 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.
TRICOSANOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 500.0 645.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 10.0 1730.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
VALINE 3 Fruit 5.0 2710.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Fruit not available not available not available 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.
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 2.0 3.0 -0.88 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimelanogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 5 Martindale's 29th
Antimenorrhagic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 5 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimigraine 5 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Pandeya, S.N. 1970. Biological Activity of Adamantyl Derivatives. The Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 33: 7.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimononuccleotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 12 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimycoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimyelotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephritic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th