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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
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-ARABINOSE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOANTHOCYANIDINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MARMELOLACTONE-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MARMELOLACTONE-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Seed 200000.0 220000.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.0 22.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 150.0 1049.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1970.0 12160.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit not available 3000.0 -1.43 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPECTIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.3 1.9 -0.67 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 *