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Plant 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
MACLURAXANTHONE 0 Root Bark 1900.0 27250.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MACLURIN 1 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
MACLURIN 1 Wood 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.
MORIN 15 Bark not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORIN 15 Heart Wood not available 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORIN 15 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MORIN 15 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN 56 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Fruit not available 25600.0 0.77 Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
NORARTOCARPENONE 0 Heart Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORATHYRIOL 1 Plant 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.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OSAJAXANTHONE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OSAJAXANTHONE 0 Root Bark 175.0 639.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OSAJIN 0 Fruit 9000.0 64000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OSAJIN 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYRESVERATROL 1 Bark not available 5714.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYRESVERATROL 1 Heart Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYRESVERATROL 1 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticold 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Anticoronary 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic? 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidiarrheic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.