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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Zizyphus jujuba

Common Names
Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao
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
3-P-COUMAROYLATE 0 Plant *
ALPHITOLIC-ACID 2 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 460.0 3882.0 -0.04 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6000.0 35000.0 -0.56 *
ASH 0 Leaf 86000.0 -0.58 *
ASH 0 Seed 13000.0 17000.0 -0.93 *
ASH 0 Shoot 108000.0 0.13 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.2 700.0 1.20 *
BETULIN 13 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Stem Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark 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 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Seed 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 Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 260.0 1602.0 -0.52 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 19700.0 0.09 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 800.0 21600.0 0.50 *

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) 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 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 6 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anthelmintic 2 (View) *
Antiacne 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
Antiadrenergic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.