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Plant Cydonia oblonga (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Quince
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 5 Duke, 1992 *