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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELPHINIDIN | 9 | 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. |
| DELPHINIDIN-3,5-DI-O-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELPHINIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | 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. |
| DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | 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. |
| DELPHINIDIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DI-O-PUNICYL-O-OCTADECA-8Z,11Z,13E-TRIENYLGLYCEROL | 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. |
| DIELLAGIC-ACID-RHAMNOSYL-(1-4)-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Heart Wood | 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. |
| EICOSENOIC-ACID | 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. |
| ELAIDIC-ACID | 2 | Pericarp | not available | 5500.0 | 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. |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| ELLAGITANNIN | 8 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGITANNIN | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| ELLAGITANNIN | 8 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| EPICATECHIN | 40 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Poultice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Prebiotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Preservative | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Probiotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Probiotigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Progestational | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Progesteronigenic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Proliferant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protease-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |