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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
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 145000.0 926000.0 0.77 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 72000.0 753000.0 1.12 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 748000.0 950000.0 1.70 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Shoot 753000.0 789000.0 1.12 Duke, 1992 *
CEANOTHIC-ACID 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 4000.0 12000.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit not available 7.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN 57 Leaf not available 3000.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 17000.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf not available 43000.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 4000.0 335000.0 0.37 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Shoot not available 17000.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 6000.0 48000.0 -0.88 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf not available 143000.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 22000.0 28000.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Shoot not available 301000.0 1.37 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 7.0 170.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
JUJUBOSIDES 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 7 Duke, 1992 *
DME-Inhibitor 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
Elastase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemostat 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 6 Duke, 1992 *