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Common Names
Quince
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Irritant | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Juvabional | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Larvistat | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Laxative | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative? | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91. |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 3 | Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690. |
| Lithogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Lubricant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memory-Enhancer | 1 | Science News, 138: 189, 1990. |
| Metal-Chelator | 2 | McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25. |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Mucogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Mycobactericide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neoplastic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Neuroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |