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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
Larvistat 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 6 *
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leucocyte-Depressant 1 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 5 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lymphocytogenic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Lymphokinetic 1 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 3 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator 1 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *