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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Fruit | 410.0 | 2770.0 | -0.32 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 2340.0 | 2520.0 | -0.65 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Fruit | 50.0 | 338.0 | -0.28 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Fruit | 1.8 | 13.0 | -0.33 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PECTIN | 24 | Fruit | 8000.0 | 40000.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PERSICAXANTHIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Fruit | 170.0 | 1149.0 | -0.75 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHATIDES | 0 | Seed | not available | 3000.0 | -1.35 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 70.0 | 4080.0 | 0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLOQUINONE | 5 | Fruit | not available | 0.1 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Sprout Seedling | 70.0 | 700.0 | -1.27 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 1677.0 | 44200.0 | 2.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Fruit | 340.0 | 2297.0 | -0.47 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 7660.0 | 55000.0 | -0.73 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 202000.0 | -0.28 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PRUDOMESTIN | 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. |
| PUFA | 4 | Fruit | 1340.0 | 9054.0 | -0.19 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUINIC-ACID | 1 | 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. |
| RHAMNOSE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |