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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
L-MALIC-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.
LIGNAN 0 Seed Newman, R. A., Lansky, E. P., with Block, M. L. 2007. Pomegranate - The Most Medicinal Fruit. Basic Health Publications, Laguna Beach, CA. 120 pp.
LIGNIN 13 Seed Newman, R. A., Lansky, E. P., with Block, M. L. 2007. Pomegranate - The Most Medicinal Fruit. Basic Health Publications, Laguna Beach, CA. 120 pp.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed *
LINOLENIC-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.
LUTEOLIN 78 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.
LUTEOLIN 78 Leaf *
LUTEOLIN 78 Pericarp Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
LUTEOLIN 78 Plant *
LUTEOLIN-3'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
LUTEOLIN-3'-O-BETA-D-XYLOSIDE 0 Leaf Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
LUTEOLIN-3'-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf *
LUTEOLIN-3'-O-BETA-XYLOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf *
LUTEOLIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Seeram, N. P., Schulman, R. N., and Heber, D., eds. 2006. Pomegranates - Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine. Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton, FL. 244 pp.
LUTEOLIN-4'-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-GLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 120.0 -0.93 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit Juice *
MALTOSE 2 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Collagenic 2 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 *
COMP-Inhibitor 2 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
Contraceptive 2 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Chelator 2 *
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 5 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 10 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 12 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 11 Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 4 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 3 *
Depressant 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Dermatitigenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.