Greer Farm Pick Your Own - 903.645.3232Plums are a very good source of vitamin C. They are also a good source of vitamins B1, B2, and B6, and dietary fiber. Plums contain neochlorogenic and cholorogenic acid, two related compounds classified as phenols that have well-documented antioxidant and anticancer effects.
Plums are sometimes used for their laxative effects, although not nearly as powerful as their dried cousin the prune.
Information taken from The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods by Michael Murray