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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
PELARGONIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed 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.
PELARGONIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PELLETIERINE 12 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PELLETIERINE 12 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PELLETIERINE 12 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PELLETIERINE 12 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENETHYL-RUTINOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE 2 Seed 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.
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL 0 Seed 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.
PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE 0 Seed 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.
PHOSPHOLIPIDS 0 Seed 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.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 80.0 3182.0 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 170.0 892.0 -0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PIPERIDINES 0 Root Bark not available 8000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PIPERIDINES 0 Stem Bark not available 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
POLYPHENOLS 30 Fruit 2200.0 10500.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
POMEGRANATATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1330.0 18950.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-1 1 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 4 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Sparing 1 Martindale's 29th
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 36 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide 7 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardioprotective 11 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 2 Duke, 1992 *