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Plant 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.
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
(-)-CATECHIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
(-)-PELLETIERINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
1,2,3,4,6-PENTA-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2,3-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-4C-1-GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available 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.
1,2,3-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-4C1-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2,3-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
1,2,4,6-TETRA-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2,4-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
1,2,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-4C-1-GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 4 Leaf not available not available not available Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
1,3,4-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
1,4,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-4C-1-GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,4,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
1-(2,5-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-PYRIDIUM-CHLORIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
1-O-ISOPENTYL-3-O-OCTADEC-2-ENOYL-GLYCEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
1-O-TRANS,CIS,TRANS-OCTADECATRIENOL-GLYCEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
17-ALPHA-ESTRADIOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
17-BETA-ESTRADIOL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
17-BETA-ESTRIOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,3(S)-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-D-GLUCOSE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
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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
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antimicrobial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMRSA 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 26 Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antimyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 5 Martindale's 29th
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *