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.
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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
Laxative?	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic	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
Litholytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Mucogenic	1	Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Mycobactericide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Nephrotoxic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Pesticide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th
Respirastimulant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Rodenticide	1	Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sequestrant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Sialogogue	1	Martindale's 29th
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.