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Plant Zizyphus jujuba

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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Chemopreventive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 2 Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 3 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Demulcent 3 Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *