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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Limonia acidissima (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Elephant Apple; Manzana De Elefante; Wood-Apple

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
7-METHYLPORIOL-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Wood Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 20.0 65.0 -0.28 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH 0 Fruit 19000.0 192300.0 3.51 *
ASH 0 Seed 50300.0 52290.0 0.13 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
AURAPTEN 2 Fruit Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
BERGAPTEN 26 Leaf 100.0 -0.57 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 1300.0 6540.0 0.62 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 15800.0 16460.0 2.26 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 74500.0 678690.0 -0.56 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 354900.0 369685.0 -0.61 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
EO 0 Leaf 7300.0 -0.37 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ESTRAGOLE 12 Leaf 6570.0 -0.23 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FAT 0 Fruit 6000.0 55770.0 -0.22 *
FAT 0 Seed 270000.0 281250.0 0.08 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
FIBER 15 Fruit 52000.0 170490.0 0.27 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
IRON 6 Fruit 6.0 20.0 -0.45 *
IRON 6 Seed 300.0 312.0 0.75 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Root Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
MARMESIN 0 Bark 160.0 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
ORIENTIN 4 Leaf =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiatherosclerotic 2 *
Antibacterial 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antibradiquinic 1 Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Anticancer 1 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Anticanker 1 *
Anticarcinomic 1 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.
Anticariogenic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 1 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 2 *
AntiCFS 1 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticholestatic 1 Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Anticlimacteric 2 *
Anticold 1 *
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticonvulsant 1 *
AntiCrohn's 1 Martindale's 29th