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
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	590.0	3550.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOPELARGONIDINE	0	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	not available	620.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
MALEIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	not available	10.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
MASLINIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Leaf	not available	40000.0	-1.10	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	0.7	53.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Fruit	not available	4000.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	270.0	2120.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	not available	2000.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Shoot	not available	2300.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	2690.0	12035.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	12000.0	106000.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	not available	118000.0	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	23000.0	394000.0	1.43	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Shoot	not available	86000.0	-1.12	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiarrhythmic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	9	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibrucellosic	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.
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Anticancer (Kidney)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticancer (Prostate)	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinomic	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).