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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTERYL-ACETATE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41 |
| BUTYROSPERMOL | 0 | Fruit | 117.0 | 175.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYROSPERMOL | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYROSPERMOL | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYROSPERMOL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 45.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYROSPERMOL-ACETATE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41 |
| CAFAFLAVANONE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOARTOCARPESIN | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-FRUCTOSE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GLUCOSE | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROISOOSAJIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41 |
| DIHYDROISOPOMIFERIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41 |
| DIHYDROKAEMPFEROL | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41 |
| DIHYDROMORIN | 0 | Bark | not available | 1286.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROMORIN | 0 | Heart Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROMORIN | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41 |
| DIHYDROOSAJAXANTHONE-MONOMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41 |
| DIHYDROQUERCETIN | 3 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41 |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Expectorant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 1 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| FPTase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungicide | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungistat | 1 | Weidenborner, M., Hindorf, H., Jha, H.C., and Tsotsonos, P. 1989. Antifungal Activity of Flavonoids Against Storage Fungi of the Genus Aspergillus. Phytochemistry. 29(4): 1103-1105. |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
| Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hydroperoxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |