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

Common Names

Plum

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
4-O-METHYL-GLUCURONIC-ACID	0	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.
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	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	1.0	255.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN	8	Seed	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	1.4	43.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Fruit	not available	1.0	-0.43	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CADMIUM	3	Fruit	0.0	0.1	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	38.0	2040.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	130100.0	879054.0	0.51	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticancer (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	9	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinesterase	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticirrhotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.