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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GALLO-TANNIN 2 Plant 4300.0 27800.0 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.
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Fruit 2660.0 3370.0 1.70 Abstract (See species file)
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 357000.0 2.89 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.
GLUCOSE 7 Seed 16800.0 -0.15 Abstract (See species file)
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 400.0 6160.0 -0.55 *
GLUTAMINE 5 Fruit 650.0 870.0 1.13 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 40.0 3010.0 -0.23 *
GLYCOSYLAPIGENIN 0 Leaf 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.
HENEICOSANOIC-ACID 0 Seed Abstract (See species file)
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 10.0 390.0 -0.93 *
INVERTASE 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IODINE 12 Fruit 0.1 -0.29 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON 6 Fruit 10.0 151.0 0.07 *
IRON 6 Seed 5.0 17.0 -0.62 Abstract (See species file)
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Fruit Abstract (See species file)
ISOFUCOSTEROL 0 Fruit Abstract (See species file)
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 20.0 4650.0 0.30 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 1420.0 3550.0 -0.17 *
LACTOSE 4 Seed Abstract (See species file)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 3 *
Myoprotective 1 *
Myorelaxant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myostimulant 1 *
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Narcotic 1 *
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 2 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephrotoxic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 3 *
Neuroprotective 2 *