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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Prunus domestica (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Plum
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 54600.0 83160.0 -0.21 *
LITHIUM 11 Fruit 0.1 0.7 -0.20 *
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 2.4 24.0 1.24 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 170.0 1149.0 -0.77 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 68.0 3400.0 0.59 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 15000.0 0.02 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 0.2 25.5 -0.24 *
MERCURY 1 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.23 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 60.0 405.0 -0.68 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MOLYBDENUM 2 Fruit 0.1 1.7 -0.14 *
MUFA 13 Fruit 4060.0 27432.0 0.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 14820.0 15960.0 -0.09 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOXANTHIN 2 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 5.0 34.0 -0.36 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NICKEL 3 Fruit 0.0 1.7 -0.26 *
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 960.0 10000.0 -0.32 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 4000.0 27027.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 254280.0 306600.0 1.54 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihypertensive 8 *
Antihyperthyroid 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimplantation 1 *
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 16 *
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 1 *
Antikeratitic 1 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella 2 *
Antileishmanic 2 *