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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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphedemic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antilymphomic 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antimaculitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 4 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 3 New York Times, 3/28/95.
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).