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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antipodriac | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipolio | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antipoliomyelitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiporphyric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiproliferant | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antiprostatitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipsoriac | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipyretic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiradicular | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 5 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |