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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Anticlastogen 1 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 *
Anticonvulsant 4 *
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidandruff 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 6 Martindale's 29th
Antidepressant 11 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 *