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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
SORBITOL 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SORBITOL 11 Twig not available 9100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed not available 0.0 -1.26 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STRICTININ 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STYPTIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available 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.
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit not available 120.0 -0.90 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNIN 35 Fruit Juice not available 1700.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNIN 35 Leaf not available 110000.0 -0.01 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNIN 35 Pericarp 104000.0 336000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Root not available 70000.0 -0.20 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.
TANNIN 35 Root Bark 20000.0 280000.0 0.85 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Stem Bark 100000.0 250000.0 1.38 Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TELLIMAGRANDIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TELLIMAGRANDIN-I 7 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.
TELLIMAGRANDIN-I 7 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
Antiaflatoxin 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 1 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
Antiaggregant 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAIDS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiallergenic 3 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 13 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamebic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antianaphylactic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.