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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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiapoplectic 1 *
Antiapoptotic 1 *
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 8 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 *
Antiarthritic 11 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiasthmatic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 3 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 10 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 30 *
Antiberiberi 1 *
Antibronchitic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticalculic 1 *
Anticancer 11 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.