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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
4-O-METHYL-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALANINE 3 Fruit 290.0 1959.0 -0.69 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 8.0 62.0 -0.17 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 1.0 255.0 -0.15 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Seed 25000.0 -0.49 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 21450.0 23100.0 1.61 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARGININE 14 Fruit 130.0 878.0 -0.92 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 0.5 0.12 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 86.0 699.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Fruit 3810.0 170000.0 2.93 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 2490.0 16824.0 0.88 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BARIUM 0 Fruit 0.2 25.5 0.01 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 1.4 43.0 -0.07 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 60.0 600.0 -0.01 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 255.0 4.33 *
BROMINE 0 Fruit 1.0 -0.43 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.44 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 38.0 2040.0 -0.42 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 130100.0 879054.0 0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Succinic-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Sunscreen 3 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 3 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Sympathomimetic 1 *
Teratogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Teratologic 2 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 3 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Toxic 2 Martindale's 28th
Tranquilizer 2 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).