Plant Zizyphus jujuba | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao

How this plant is used

Food

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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
3-P-COUMAROYLATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHITOLIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	460.0	3882.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	6000.0	35000.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	not available	86000.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	13000.0	17000.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Shoot	not available	108000.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.2	700.0	1.20	Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN	13	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN	13	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN	13	Stem Bark	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Bark	not available	10000.0	0.65	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Fruit	48.0	1800.0	-0.45	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Stem Bark	15.6	768.0	-0.10	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	260.0	1602.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	not available	19700.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Shoot	800.0	21600.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *

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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
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadrenergic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.