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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Cydonia oblonga (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Quince
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
ROSEOSIDE 0 Plant *
SACCHAROSE 0 Fruit *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 247.0 -0.16 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 96000.0 -0.49 *
TANNIN 35 Seed *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Seed *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.2 1.9 -0.44 *
WATER 0 Fruit 824000.0 857000.0 0.38 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigenotoxic 1 *
Antigingivitic 1 *
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 *
Antihangover 4 *
Antiheartburn 1 *
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 *
Antihistaminic 4 *
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 *
Antihyperkinetic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 5 *