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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASUARININ | 4 | Bark | 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. |
| CASUARININ | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CASUARININ | 4 | Plant | 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. |
| CASUARININ | 4 | Stem Bark | not available | 3200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHIN | 43 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHIN | 43 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHIN-(4,8)-GALLOCATECHIN | 0 | 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. |
| CATECHINS | 1 | Fruit | 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. |
| CEREBROSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Fruit | not available | 20.0 | -0.69 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLESTEROL | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | 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. |
| CIS-9,TRANS-11,CIS-13-TRIENE-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Fruit Juice | 8100.0 | 12300.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CONIFERYL-9-O-[BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL(1-6)]-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CONIINE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Willaman, J. J., Schubert, B. G. 1961. Alkaloid Bearing Plants and their Contained Alkaloids. ARS, USDA, Tech. Bull. 1234, Supt. Doc., Washington D.C. |
| CONJUGATED-LINOLEIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Taenicide | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Teratogenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Teratologic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Thermogenic | 1 | Newman, R. A., Lansky, E. P., with Block, M. L. 2007. Pomegranate - The Most Medicinal Fruit. Basic Health Publications, Laguna Beach, CA. 120 pp. |
| Thyrotropic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TOPO-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999. |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 9 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Toxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Transdermal | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Triglycerigenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Trypanocide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumorigenic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |