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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRANATIN-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GRANATIN-B | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GRANATINS | 0 | Leaf | not available | 15000.0 | 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. |
| GUM | 0 | Petiole | not available | 32000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUMS | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 32000.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| HYGRINE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICARISIDE-D1 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INULIN | 19 | Pericarp | not available | 10000.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| INULIN | 19 | Petiole | not available | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INVERT-SUGARS | 0 | Fruit | 80000.0 | 200000.0 | -0.01 | 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. |
| IRON | 6 | Fruit | 3.0 | 16.0 | -0.46 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOPELLETIERINE | 5 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUERCETRIN | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | 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. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Pericarp | 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. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RHAMNOGLYCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | 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 |