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

 Chaenomeles lagenaria (Rosaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chinese Quince, Mu-Kua
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
2 ARSENIC Fruit -- 0.1 -0.45 *
28 CALCIUM Fruit -- 2300.0 -0.36 *
23 CITRIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
12 COPPER Fruit -- 24.0 0.87 *
9 HCN Seed -- -- -- *
6 IRON Fruit -- 110.0 -0.09 *
65 MAGNESIUM Fruit -- 990.0 -0.53 *
15 MALIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
14 MANGANESE Fruit -- 15.0 -0.30 *
1 MERCURY Fruit -- 0.1 1.50 *
14 POTASSIUM Fruit -- 13200.0 -0.42 *
1 SODIUM Fruit -- 80.0 -0.18 *
6 TARTARIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
77 ZINC Fruit -- 21.0 -0.28 *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.