Plant Zizyphus spina-christi | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Syrian Christ-Thorn

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
AMPHIBINE	3	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	300.0	330.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	44000.0	49000.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Leaf	not available	60.0	-0.98	Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	1400.0	1544.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	806000.0	889000.0	0.57	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	9000.0	10000.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	not available	33.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	3140.0	3460.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
MAURITINE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	not available	41.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	not available	5300.0	-1.12	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	48000.0	53000.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	not available	1.4	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	not available	0.4	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	not available	93000.0	-2.95	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antimutagenic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.