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

Common Names
Plum
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
THREONINE 4 Fruit 160.0 1081.0 -0.81 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TITANIUM 0 Fruit 0.1 25.5 -0.18 *
TRYPTAMINE 4 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TYRAMINE 11 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 60.0 405.0 -0.83 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE 3 Fruit 190.0 1284.0 -0.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 0.7 6.0 -0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Fruit 840000.0 933000.0 0.71 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 0.7 131.0 3.03 *
ZIRCONIUM 0 Fruit 0.4 3.4 -0.07 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 4 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 *
Antiarthritic 13 *
Antiasthmatic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiataxic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiatherogenic 1 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 11 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 14 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Anticalculic 1 *
Anticancer 5 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 *
Anticancer (Colon) 2 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.