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Plant 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
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GRANATIN-B 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRANATIN-B 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRANATINS 0 Leaf not available 15000.0 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.
GUM 0 Petiole not available 32000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GUMS 0 Pericarp not available 32000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HYGRINE 0 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ICARISIDE-D1 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INULIN 19 Pericarp not available 10000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
INULIN 19 Petiole not available 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
INVERT-SUGARS 0 Fruit 80000.0 200000.0 -0.01 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.
IRON 6 Fruit 3.0 16.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOPELLETIERINE 5 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCETRIN 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 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.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 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.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RHAMNOGLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (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 *