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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
PELARGONIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed 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.
PELARGONIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice *
PELLETIERINE 12 Bark *
PELLETIERINE 12 Leaf *
PELLETIERINE 12 Root Bark *
PELLETIERINE 12 Stem Bark *
PHENETHYL-RUTINOSIDE 0 Seed *
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE 2 Seed 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.
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL 0 Seed 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.
PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE 0 Seed 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.
PHOSPHOLIPIDS 0 Seed 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.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 80.0 3182.0 -0.01 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 170.0 892.0 -0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PIPERIDINES 0 Root Bark 8000.0 *
PIPERIDINES 0 Stem Bark 4000.0 *
POLYPHENOLS 30 Fruit 2200.0 10500.0 -0.71 *
POMEGRANATATE 0 Flower *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1330.0 18950.0 0.09 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-1 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Liver) 2 *
Antitumor (Lung) 8 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 3 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 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 (Prostate) 1 *
Antitumor (Skin) 7 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitumor (Thyroid) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 10 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 3 *
Antiulcer 12 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcerogenic 1 *
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 *
Antivaricose 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 31 *
Antiyeast 1 *