Plant Chaenomeles lagenaria (Rosaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chinese Quince; Mu-Kua

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
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 *

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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
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride	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
Antitubercular	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antitussive	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiulcer	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchosedative	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th