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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| 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 * |