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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
DELPHINIDIN 9 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.
DELPHINIDIN-3,5-DI-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice *
DELPHINIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Pericarp Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 1 Fruit Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice *
DI-O-PUNICYL-O-OCTADECA-8Z,11Z,13E-TRIENYLGLYCEROL 0 Seed Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
DIELLAGIC-ACID-RHAMNOSYL-(1-4)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Heart Wood Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
EICOSENOIC-ACID 0 Seed Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
ELAIDIC-ACID 2 Pericarp 5500.0 Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Bark *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Flower *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Fruit *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Pericarp *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Seed *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Stem Bark Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ELLAGITANNIN 8 Bark *
ELLAGITANNIN 8 Leaf 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.
ELLAGITANNIN 8 Stem Bark 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.
EPICATECHIN 40 Fruit Juice *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antisyndrome-X 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
AntiTGF-beta 2 *
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 *
Antithrombogenic 1 *
Antithromboxane 1 *
Antithyreotropic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antithyroid 5 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitrypanosomic 3 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular 2 *
Antitumor 27 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
Antitumor (brain) 2 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Breast) 8 Martindale's 28th
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 *
Antitumor (Colon) 9 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 2 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 2 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.