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

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Plum

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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
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	54600.0	83160.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM	11	Fruit	0.1	0.7	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Fruit	2.4	24.0	1.24	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Fruit	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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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
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	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
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Cyanogenic	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jim Duke's personal files.