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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TERCATAIN | 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. |
| TERMINALIN-GALLAYLDILACTONE | 0 | 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. |
| TESTOSTERONE | 11 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 0.0 | 4.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRI-O-PUNICYLGLYCEROL | 0 | Seed | 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. |
| TRITERPENOIDS | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Newman, R. A., Lansky, E. P., with Block, M. L. 2007. Pomegranate - The Most Medicinal Fruit. Basic Health Publications, Laguna Beach, CA. 120 pp. |
| TRYPTAMINE | 4 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Leaf | not available | 4500.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Pericarp | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Hegnauer, R. 1962-1997. Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen, Bde 1-11. Birkhauser Verlag Basel, Boston, Berlin. |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIT-B-6 | 0 | Fruit | 1.0 | 5.0 | -0.54 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | 780000.0 | 823220.0 | 0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | not available | 350000.0 | 0.47 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| WAX | 0 | Pericarp | not available | 8000.0 | 1.00 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotransmitter | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nodulation-Signal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Odontolytic | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 8 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Oxytocic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxyuricide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P21-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |