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Plant Prunus domestica (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Plum
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FOLACIN 15 Fruit 0.0 0.2 -0.77 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit 27000.0 61000.0 0.05 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 30000.0 62000.0 -0.24 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 370.0 2500.0 -0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 120.0 811.0 -1.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HCN 9 Seed not available 500.0 -0.39 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HEXURONIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 130.0 878.0 -0.59 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IRON 6 Fruit 0.8 85.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 160.0 1081.0 -0.77 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KAEMPFERIDE 5 Wood not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Wood not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 550.0 3716.0 0.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LANTHANUM 0 Fruit 1.5 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed 3510.0 3780.0 -0.48 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LEAD 0 Fruit 0.0 11.9 0.21 Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN 20 Seed not available 1500.0 -0.70 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 210.0 1419.0 -0.78 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 1340.0 9054.0 -0.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antireserpine 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinitic Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 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
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antischizophrenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisclerodermic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 10 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.