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Common Names
Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETULIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| BETULINIC-ACID | 22 | Bark | not available | 1500.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETULINIC-ACID | 22 | Leaf | not available | 2000.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORIC-ACID | 1 | Fruit | not available | 50.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| BREVIFOLIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BREVIFOLIN-CARBOXYLIC-ACID | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BREVIFOLIN-CARBOXYLIC-ACID-10-MONOSULPHATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 30.0 | 650.0 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Pericarp | not available | 40000.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Petiole | not available | 40000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 162000.0 | 927000.0 | 0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAROTENE | 0 | Fruit | 0.0 | 2.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CASTALAGIN | 1 | Stem Bark | 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. |
| CASUARIIN | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CASUARIIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| CASUARIIN | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | 900.0 | not available | 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 * |