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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Maclura pomifera (Moraceae)

Common Names
Osage-Orange; Hedge Apple
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit *
PARVISOFLAVONE-A 0 Tissue Culture *
PECTIN 24 Fruit 460400.0 4.84 Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
POMIFERIN 3 Fruit 25.0 19850.0 *
POPULNIN 0 Fruit 12.0 13.0 *
POPULNIN 0 Shoot *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 160000.0 0.68 Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 233700.0 0.22 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PROTEIN 0 Wood 9700.0 Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
QUERCETIN 176 Bark 14.0 *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit 270.0 520.0 2.00 *
QUERCETIN 176 Root 360.0 1130.0 *
QUERCETIN 176 Wood Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
RESIN 0 Fruit 166640.0 216900.0 2.00 Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
RESORCINOL 17 Bark 21.0 *
RESORCINOL 17 Wood Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
RESVERATROL 68 Heart Wood *
RUTIN 87 Wood Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
SILICIC-ACID 1 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STEPPOGENIN 0 Tissue Culture *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiretinotic 1 *
Antirheumatic 2 *
Antirhinitic 1 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiseborrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antisecretory 1 *
Antiseptic 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiserotonin 1 *
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisindhis 1 *
Antispasmodic 7 *
Antistaphylococcic 2 *
Antistreptococcic 1 *
Antistress 2 *
Antisunburn 1 *
Antisyndrome-X 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antithiamin 2 Pratt, D.E. Natural Antioxidants from Plant Material. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.5.
Antithrombic 2 *
Antithrombogenic 1 *
Antithyroid 3 Jim Duke's personal files.