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Common Names
Plum
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Fruit | 0.0 | 1.2 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| COBALT | 2 | Fruit | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Fruit | 0.3 | 34.0 | 1.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CRYPTOCHLOROGENIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CYANIDIN | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Fruit | 40.0 | 270.0 | -0.79 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| D-GALACTOSE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| D-MANNOSE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| D-XYLOSE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| DIHYDROKAEMPFERIDE | 0 | 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. |
| DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL | 0 | 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. |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 6000.0 | 43243.0 | -0.31 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 390000.0 | 420000.0 | 0.81 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 6000.0 | 40540.0 | -0.95 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | not available | 122000.0 | -0.10 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| FLAVOXANTHIN | 0 | Fruit | 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. |
| FLUORINE | 0 | Fruit | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.74 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Estrogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Euphoriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 1 | Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators) |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 1 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 8 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hematopoietic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemopoietic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |