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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
DISAIN 0 Fruit Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
DL-EUCHRESTAFLAVANONE-B 0 Root Bark 3834.0 *
DL-EUCHRESTAFLAVANONE-C 0 Root Bark 6901.0 *
EUCHRESTAFLAVANONE-B 0 Root Bark *
EUCHRESTAFLAVANONE-C 0 Root Bark *
FAT 0 Fruit 51600.0 183400.0 0.76 Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
FAT 0 Leaf 18700.0 -0.75 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FAT 0 Seed 420000.0 0.81 Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
FIBER 15 Fruit 160000.0 0.17 Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
FRUCTOSE 8 Shoot *
GLUCOSE 7 Shoot *
GLUCOSIDES 0 Fruit 236.0 1180.0 Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
HEMAGGLUTININS 0 Seed Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
INOSITOL 8 Shoot *
ISOOSAJIN 0 Fruit *
ISOPOMIFERIN 0 Fruit Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
KAEMPFEROL 75 Bark 29.0 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Fruit 10000.0 1.73 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Wood Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE 1 Fruit Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
CYP1A1-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective 1 *
Cytotoxic 5 Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 2 *
Dermatitigenic 1 *
Detoxicant 1 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 3 *
Diuretic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 *
Dye 2 Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 *
Embryotoxic 1 *
Estrogenic 7 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.