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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 *
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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
Antihyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 2 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 2 Duke, 1992 *