Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Cydonia oblonga (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Quince
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALDOBIONIC-ACID 0 Seed *
AMYGDALIN 8 Seed 4000.0 -1.15 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 100.0 960.0 -0.22 *
ASH 0 Fruit 3000.0 -1.39 *
ASH 0 Seed 13000.0 -1.05 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 16.0 -0.12 *
BORON 4 Fruit 85.0 160.0 2.42 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 60.0 805.0 -0.70 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 119000.0 951000.0 0.90 *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit *
EMULSIN 0 Seed *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 17000.0 -0.51 *
FAT 0 Seed 140000.0 192000.0 -0.39 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit *
FIBER 15 Fruit 17000.0 178000.0 0.34 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit *
GALACTOSE 1 Seed *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit *
IRON 6 Fruit 6.0 52.0 -0.32 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) 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 (View) *
Allelopathic 2 (View) 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 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacne 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 1 (View) 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 (View) 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.