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Plant Cydonia oblonga (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Quince
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
ALDOBIONIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Seed not available 4000.0 -1.15 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 100.0 960.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit not available 3000.0 -1.39 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed not available 13000.0 -1.05 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 16.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit 85.0 160.0 2.42 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 60.0 805.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 119000.0 951000.0 0.90 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EMULSIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 17000.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 140000.0 192000.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 17000.0 178000.0 0.34 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 6.0 52.0 -0.32 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
Antispasmodic 6 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antistress 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 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
Antithrombic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitubercular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 7 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *