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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
(-)-CATECHIN 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.
(-)-PELLETIERINE 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
1,2,3,4,6-PENTA-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 2 Leaf *
1,2,3-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-4C-1-GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Leaf 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.
1,2,3-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-4C1-GLUCOSE 0 Leaf *
1,2,3-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 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.
1,2,4,6-TETRA-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 1 Leaf *
1,2,4-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 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.
1,2,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-4C-1-GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Leaf *
1,2,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 4 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.
1,3,4-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 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.
1,4,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-4C-1-GLUCOPYRANOSE 0 Leaf *
1,4,6-TRI-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 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.
1-(2,5-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-PYRIDIUM-CHLORIDE 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.
1-O-ISOPENTYL-3-O-OCTADEC-2-ENOYL-GLYCEROL 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.
1-O-TRANS,CIS,TRANS-OCTADECATRIENOL-GLYCEROL 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.
17-ALPHA-ESTRADIOL 0 Seed *
17-BETA-ESTRADIOL 1 Seed *
17-BETA-ESTRIOL 0 Seed *
2,3(S)-HEXAHYDROXY-DIPHENOYL-D-GLUCOSE 0 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 3 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 2 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 3 *
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 5 *
Mycobactericide 2 *
Mydriatic 2 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Myoprotective 1 *
Myorelaxant 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myostimulant 1 *
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Natriuretic 2 *
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 2 *
Nephrotoxic 3 Martindale's 29th