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Plant Zizyphus jujuba

Common Names
Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao
How this plant is used
Food

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 3 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholestatic 1 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.
Anticholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplement 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticonvulsant 3 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary 3 Duke, 1992 *