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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
1,3,6,7-TETRAHYDROXYXANTHONE 1 Heart Wood 917.0 *
1,3,6,7-TETRAHYDROXYXANTHONE 1 Wood Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
18-ALPHA-OLEOMANE-3-BETA-19-ALPHA-DIOL 0 Fruit Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
19-ALPHA-H-LUPEOL 0 Fruit 429.0 *
2'',3',4',5-TETRAHYDROXY-6-(3''-METHYL-3''-BUTENYL)-ISOFLAVONE 0 Fruit 12.0 *
2',4',5,7-TETRAHYDROXY-6-(3-METHYL-BUT-3-ENYL)-FLAVONE 0 Fruit 17.0 *
2,2',4,4'-TETRAHYDROXY-3-(3-METHYL-2-BUTENYL)-CHALCONE 0 Tissue Culture *
2-3-4'-5-TETRAHYDROXYSTILBENE 0 Heart Wood 833.0 *
2-3-4'-5-TETRAHYDROXYSTILBENE 0 Wood 10000.0 *
3,6,7,2'-TETRAMETHOXY-4,5-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root Bark Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
4',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6-(3-METHYL-BUT-3-ENYL)-FLAVONE 0 Fruit 11.0 *
6-DEOXYJACAREUBIN 4 Bark *
6-DEOXYJACAREUBIN 4 Wood Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
6-DEOXYJAKAREUBIN 0 Root Bark 60.0 *
8,8'-BIS-NARINGENIN 0 Tissue Culture *
8-C-PRENYLNARINGENIN 0 Tissue Culture *
8-DEOXYGARTANIN 0 Bark *
8-DEOXYGARTANIN 0 Wood Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
8-PRENYL-TOXYLOXANTHONE 0 Root Bark *
8-PRENYL-TOXYLOXANTHONE-C 0 Root Bark 4153.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiarrhythmic 1 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 *
Antiarthritic 3 *
Antiasthmatic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 1 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 3 *
Antibacterial 12 Recio, M. C., Rios, J. L., and Villar, A., A review of some antimicrobial compounds isolated from medicinal plants reported in the literature 1978-1988, Phytotherapy Research, 3(4), 1989, 117-125.
Anticancer 6 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic 1 *
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 2 *
Anticataract 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 1 *
AntiCFS 1 *
Anticirrhotic 1 *