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
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	3	Duke, 1992 *