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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
LIGNIN 13 Wood 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 *
LUP-20(29)-EN-3(R)-HYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Leaf 25.0 *
LUPANE-3,28-DIOL 0 Leaf *
LUPANE-3-BETA-20-DIOL 0 Fruit 23.0 *
LUPANE-3-BETA-20-DIOL 0 Plant *
LUPANE-3-BETA-20-DIOL 0 Root Bark *
LUPANE-3-BETA-20-DIOL-3-MONOACETATE 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
LUPENOL-ACETATE 0 Fruit 15.0 *
LUPENYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit 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 *
LUPEOL 21 Plant *
LUPEOL 21 Root Bark *
LUPEOL-BENZOATE 0 Fruit 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 *
LURENOL 0 Fruit 2459.0 *
LURENYL 0 Fruit 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 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 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 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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticlastogen 1 *
Anticlimacteric 1 *
Anticold 1 *
Anticolitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 2 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Anticoronary 2 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
AntiCVI 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidecubitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidementia 2 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 3 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatotic 1 *
Antidiabetic 6 *
Antidiabetic? 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidiarrheic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.