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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Teratogenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Teratologic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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). |