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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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Juvabional 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvistat 2 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.
Laxative 4 *
Laxative? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 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
Leucocytogenic 2 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lymphocytogenic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Lymphokinetic 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.