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

Common Names

Osage-Orange; Hedge Apple

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LIGNIN	13	Wood	not available	412200.0	1.09	Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUP-20(29)-EN-3(R)-HYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPANE-3,28-DIOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPANE-3-BETA-20-DIOL	0	Fruit	not available	23.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPANE-3-BETA-20-DIOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPANE-3-BETA-20-DIOL	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPANE-3-BETA-20-DIOL-3-MONOACETATE	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
LUPENOL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	15.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPENYL-ACETATE	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
LUPEOL	21	Fruit	137.0	2300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL-BENZOATE	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
LUPINIFOLIN	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LURENOL	0	Fruit	not available	2459.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LURENYL	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
LURENYL-ACETATE	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
LURENYL-BENZOATE	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
MACLURAXANTHONE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Propecic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	2	Wang, J. P., Ho, T. F., Lin, C. N., Tang, C. M. 1994. Effect of Norathryiol, Isolated from Tripterospermum lanceolatum, on A23 187-Induced Pleurisy and Analgesia in Mice. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol, 350(1): 90-95.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	2	Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Serotonin-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Sunscreen	2	Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Teratologic	2	Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	5	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	6	Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.