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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
NARINGIN 12 Plant Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Fruit *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 3.0 50.0 -0.14 *
NORHYGRINE 0 Root Bark *
NORPSEUDOPELLETIERINE 0 Root Bark *
O-COUMARINIC-ACID 0 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.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Flower *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 140.0 -0.30 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit Juice *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf *
P-COUMARINIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 6.0 31.0 0.82 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN 24 Fruit 2700.0 -0.60 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PECTIN 24 Pericarp 20000.0 40000.0 *
PEDUNCULAGIN 9 Leaf *
PEDUNCULAGIN 9 Stem Bark 80.0 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.
PELARGONIDIN 7 Leaf *
PELARGONIDIN-3,5-DI-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cataractagenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Cathartic 1 *
Cestodicide 1 Merck 11th Edition
Chelator 3 *
Chemopreventive 8 *
Chemopreventive (Breast Cancer) 1 *
Chemopreventive (Colon Cancer) 1 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 12 *
Choline-Sparing 1 Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Circulotonic 1 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 4 *
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Coagulant 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 2 *