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Common Names
Date Palm
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Fruit | not available | 51.0 | -0.21 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Seed | 3.0 | 13.0 | -0.34 | Abstract (See species file) |
| APIGENIN | 101 | 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. |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| ARGININE | 14 | Fruit | 620.0 | 2090.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | 0.0 | 750.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | 5000.0 | 44800.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 8900.0 | 18000.0 | -0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARAGINE | 2 | Fruit | 2300.0 | 4500.0 | 2.26 | Abstract (See species file) |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Fruit | 20.0 | 3150.0 | -0.92 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BAIKIAIN | 0 | Fruit | 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. |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| BENZOIC-ACID | 20 | 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. |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | 1.0 | 3.6 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| BORON | 4 | Fruit | not available | 7.0 | -0.66 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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). |
| BRASSICASTEROL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Seed | 0.0 | 9.0 | 4.25 | Abstract (See species file) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiaging | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antialdosteronic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialkali? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialkalotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiallergic | 8 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialopecic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antialzheimeran? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 5 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianginal | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiapoplectic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |