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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 11 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 2 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Insectifuge 6 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insectiphile 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Interferonogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-1-alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interleukin-6-mRNA-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 4 Merck 11th Edition