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
ALKALOIDS	0	Fruit	120.0	600.0	-0.76	Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
ALPINUMISOFLAVONE	2	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALVAXANTHONE	3	Root Bark	600.0	14200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMYRIN	1	Fruit	not available	9000.0	not available	Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
APIGENIN	101	Fruit	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRIN	3	Bark	not available	857.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRIN	3	Heart Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRIN	3	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	16.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTOCARPESIN	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	30.0	150.0	-0.28	Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
ASH	0	Leaf	not available	99600.0	-0.34	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH	0	Wood	not available	3300.0	-0.59	Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
ASTRAGALIN	7	Fruit	not available	3200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AURICULASIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Fruit	not available	80.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigallstone	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric	1	Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic	7	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	6	Duke, 1992 *