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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
PELARGONIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed 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 *
PELLETIERINE 12 Bark *
PELLETIERINE 12 Leaf *
PELLETIERINE 12 Root Bark *
PELLETIERINE 12 Stem Bark *
PHENETHYL-RUTINOSIDE 0 Seed *
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE 2 Seed 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 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 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 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 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 170.0 892.0 -0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PIPERIDINES 0 Root Bark 8000.0 *
PIPERIDINES 0 Stem Bark 4000.0 *
POLYPHENOLS 30 Fruit 2200.0 10500.0 -0.71 *
POMEGRANATATE 0 Flower *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1330.0 18950.0 0.09 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-1 1 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Prebiotic 1 *
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Probiotic 1 *
Probiotigenic 1 *
Progestational 1 *
Progesteronigenic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Proliferant 2 *
Prooxidant 6 *
Propecic 6 *
Prostaglandigenic 4 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 5 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 *
Protease-Inhibitor 2 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 3 Chemical Express, 7: 285, 1992.
Psychotropic 2 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 3 *
Purgative 1 Martindale's 28th
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 6 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.