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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
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 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 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 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 160.0 1081.0 -0.77 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KAEMPFERIDE 5 Wood ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Wood 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 *
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 *
LECITHIN 20 Seed 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)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 2 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antiendotoxic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antienteritic 1 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 5 *
Antiescherichic 2 *
Antiestrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *