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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Phoenix dactylifera (Arecaceae)

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
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 28.0 2440.0 -0.89 Abstract (See species file)
PROLINE 0 Fruit 120.0 1590.0 -0.66 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 9000.0 43000.0 -0.89 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 18200.0 58000.0 -1.56 *
QUERCETIN 176 Pollen Or Spore Abstract (See species file)
RAFFINOSE 1 Seed 3000.0 -0.75 Abstract (See species file)
RHAMNOSE 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.2 1.3 -0.79 *
RIBOSE 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RUTIN 87 Pollen Or Spore Abstract (See species file)
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 3.0 45.0 -0.21 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 60.0 1960.0 -0.59 *
SEROTONIN 26 Fruit 8.0 9.0 -1.39 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
SILICON 4 Fruit 660.0 1.54 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
SODIUM 1 Fruit 10.0 380.0 -0.15 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 15.0 820.0 0.59 Abstract (See species file)
SORBITOL 11 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STACHYOSE 1 Seed 2200.0 -1.41 Abstract (See species file)
STARCH 5 Fruit 206000.0 -0.14 Abstract (See species file)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 3000.0 10000.0 -0.35 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatoprotective 10 *
Hepatotoxic 2 *
Herbistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Humectant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Hypercholesterolemic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperthyroid 1 *
Hypnotic 2 Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990.
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 14 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 9 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 *
Hypotensive 13 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 *