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Plant Chaenomeles lagenaria (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Quince; Mu-Kua
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ARSENIC 2 Fruit not available 0.1 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit not available 2300.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit not available 24.0 0.87 Duke, 1992 *
HCN 9 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit not available 110.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit not available 990.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit not available 15.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Fruit not available 0.1 1.50 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit not available 13200.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit not available 80.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit not available 21.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antioxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiplaque 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 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
Antirheumatic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiseborrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistress 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antistroke 2 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
Antisyndrome-X 3 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
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.