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Common Names
Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALVIDIN | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALVIDIN-PENTOSE-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| MANNITOL | 18 | Pericarp | 8000.0 | 19000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNITOL | 18 | Twig | not available | 5000.0 | not available | Hegnauer, R. 1962-1997. Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen, Bde 1-11. Birkhauser Verlag Basel, Boston, Berlin. |
| MASLINIC-ACID | 6 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MELATONIN | 23 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-GALLATE | 16 | Heart Wood | 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. |
| METHYL-ISOPELLETIERINE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-ISOPELLETIERINE | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-PELLETIERINE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-PELLETIERINE | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Pericarp | 6000.0 | 340000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Petiole | 6000.0 | 340000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRICETIN | 34 | 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. |
| N-(2',5'-DIHYDROXYPHENYL)-PYRIDIUM-CHLORIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-METHYLPELLETIERENE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-METHYLPELLETIERENE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NARINGENIN-4'-METHYLETHER-7-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL(1,6)BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | 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. |
| NARINGIN | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| FLavor | 11 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Floral-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Fungicide | 12 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Gastrostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathione-Depleting | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Goitrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemopoietic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostatic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |