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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
MALVIDIN 6 Fruit *
MALVIDIN-PENTOSE-GLYCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice 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 *
MANNITOL 18 Twig 5000.0 Hegnauer, R. 1962-1997. Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen, Bde 1-11. Birkhauser Verlag Basel, Boston, Berlin.
MASLINIC-ACID 6 Flower *
MELATONIN 23 Fruit Juice *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit *
METHYL-GALLATE 16 Heart Wood 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 *
METHYL-ISOPELLETIERINE 0 Stem Bark *
METHYL-PELLETIERINE 0 Bark *
METHYL-PELLETIERINE 0 Stem Bark 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 *
MUCILAGE 3 Petiole 6000.0 340000.0 *
MYRICETIN 34 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.
N-(2',5'-DIHYDROXYPHENYL)-PYRIDIUM-CHLORIDE 0 Leaf *
N-METHYLPELLETIERENE 0 Bark *
N-METHYLPELLETIERENE 0 Root Bark *
NARINGENIN-4'-METHYLETHER-7-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL(1,6)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.
NARINGIN 12 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatoprotective 21 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 253.
Hepatotoxic 4 *
Hepatotropic 3 *
Herbicide 2 *
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 224.
Humectant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 3 *
Hypnotic 1 *
Hypocholesterolemic 24 Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Hypoglycemic 12 *
Hypolipemic 1 *
Hypolipidemic 3 *
Hypotensive 11 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypothermic 1 *