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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
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
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 *