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Diospyros kaki

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 7 constituent measurements for Diospyros kaki. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Diospyros kaki L.f.

7Constituent measurements

0Safety records

4Cited sources

26Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 26 licensed products naming Diospyros kaki as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Source material stated

Diospyros kaki
Fruit
Leaf
Sepal

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Tannic acid	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	—	UV/VIS spectroscopy (photometry)	Resolve DOI
Tannic acid	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	≤ 3.1 Percent	UV/VIS spectroscopy (photometry)	Resolve DOI
Tannic acid	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	≤ 8.2 Percent	Colorimetry, Spectroscopy (Spectrometry) and Photometry	Resolve DOI
Gallic acid	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	≤ 3.29 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	No resolvable identifier
Naphthoquinones	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)	No resolvable identifier
Plumbagin	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	GC-MS	No resolvable identifier
Tannic acid	Fruit unspecified	Solvent extraction	≤ 16.2 Percent	Gaschromatography (GC)	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Tezuka, Michiko., Kuroyanagi, Masanori., Yoshihira, Kunitoshi., Natori, Shinsaku. Naphthoquinone derivatives from the Ebenaceae. IV. Naphthoquinone derivatives from Diospyros kaki and D. kaki var sylvestris. Chemical Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 1972, p. 2029-2035.
Park, CG., Lee, KC., Lee, DW., Choo, HY., Albert, PJ. Effects of purified persimmon tannin and tannic acid on survival and reproduction of bean bug, Riptortus clavatus. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 2004, vol. 30, no. 11, p. 2269-2283. DOI
Nakatsubo, Fumiaki., Enokita, Kenichi., Murakami, Koji., Yonemori, Keizo., Sugiura, Akira., Utsunomiya, Naoki., Subhadrabandhu, Suranant. Chemical structures of the condensed tannins in the fruits of Diospyros species. Journal of Wood Science, 2002, p. 414-418.
Lee, Chi-Hoon., Lee, Hio-Seon. Acaricidal activity and function of mite indicator using plumbagin and its derivatives isolated from Diospyros kaki Thunb. roots (Ebenaceae) . Journal of microbiology and biotechnology, 2008, vol. 18, no. 2, p. 314-321.

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