Plant Cydonia oblonga (Rosaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Quince

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
ALDOBIONIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN	8	Seed	not available	4000.0	-1.15	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	100.0	960.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	not available	3000.0	-1.39	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	13000.0	-1.05	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.0	16.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Fruit	85.0	160.0	2.42	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	60.0	805.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	119000.0	951000.0	0.90	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMULSIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	1000.0	17000.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	140000.0	192000.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	17000.0	178000.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	6.0	52.0	-0.32	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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidifier	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Yoshikawa, M., et al. 1999. Medicinal Flowers. I. Aldose Reductase Inhibitors and Three New Eudesmane-Type Sesquiterpenes, Kikkanols A, B, and C, From the Flowers of Chrysanthemum inducum L. Chem Pharm Bull, 47(3): 340-345.
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	2	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	2	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.