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Plant Limonia acidissima (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Elephant Apple; Manzana De Elefante; Wood-Apple
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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
7-METHYLPORIOL-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Wood not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available not available not available Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
BERGAPTEN 26 Leaf not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available 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 not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available not available not available Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
MARMESIN 0 Bark not available 160.0 not available Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
ORIENTIN 4 Leaf not available not available not available =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
Antijet-lag 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukodermic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilipogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLyme 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antimaculitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimenopausal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 2 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 3 Gawron, A. and Glowniak, K. 1987. Cytostatic Activity of Coumarins in vitro. Planta Medica 1987: 526.
Antimutagenic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinephritic 1 Duke, 1992 *