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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Punica granatum (Punicaceae)

Common Names
Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.)
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
PROCYANIDIN-B-2 1 Fruit Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
PROLINE 0 Fruit *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 7700.0 73000.0 -0.49 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 25000.0 -1.86 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Fruit *
PSEUDOPELLETIERINE 0 Bark *
PSEUDOPELLETIERINE 0 Root Bark *
PSEUDOPELLETIERINE 0 Stem Bark *
PUNICACORTEIN-A 0 Bark *
PUNICACORTEIN-A 0 Root Bark *
PUNICACORTEIN-A 0 Stem Bark 30.0 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
PUNICACORTEIN-B 0 Bark *
PUNICACORTEIN-B 0 Root Bark *
PUNICACORTEIN-B 0 Stem Bark 30.0 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
PUNICACORTEIN-C 1 Bark *
PUNICACORTEIN-C 1 Root Bark *
PUNICACORTEIN-C 1 Stem Bark 950.0 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
PUNICACORTEIN-D 0 Bark *
PUNICACORTEIN-D 0 Root Bark *
PUNICACORTEIN-D 0 Stem Bark 60.0 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Amblyopic 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Anabolic 2 *
Analgesic 10 *
Anaphrodisiac 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Androgenic 2 *
Anemiagenic 1 *
Anesthetic 1 *
Angiogenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 5 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacne 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 *
AntiADD 1 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.