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

 Cydonia oblonga (Rosaceae)

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Common name(s)
Quince
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 ALDOBIONIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
8 AMYGDALIN Seed -- 4000.0 -1.15 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 100.0 960.0 -0.22 *
0 ASH Fruit -- 3000.0 -1.39 *
0 ASH Seed -- 13000.0 -1.05 *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Fruit 0.0 16.0 -0.12 *
4 BORON Fruit 85.0 160.0 2.42 *
28 CALCIUM Fruit 60.0 805.0 -0.70 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Fruit 119000.0 951000.0 0.90 *
1 CELLULOSE Seed -- -- -- *
77 CHLOROGENIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
0 EMULSIN Seed -- -- -- *
0 FAT Seed 140000.0 192000.0 -0.39 *
0 FAT Fruit 1000.0 17000.0 -0.51 *
61 FERULIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
15 FIBER Fruit 17000.0 178000.0 0.34 *
8 FRUCTOSE Fruit -- -- -- *
1 GALACTOSE Seed -- -- -- *
7 GLUCOSE Fruit -- -- -- *
6 IRON Fruit 6.0 52.0 -0.32 *
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*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.