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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
STIGMASTEROL	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Fruit	166640.0	216900.0	0.19	Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
TANNIN	35	Wood	90000.0	100000.0	1.24	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TOVOXANTHONE	0	Root Bark	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOXYLOXANTHONE-A	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOXYLOXANTHONE-B	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOXYLOXANTHONE-C	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOXYLOXANTHONE-D	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UVAOL	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WARANGALONE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WARANGALONE	4	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	not available	800000.0	0.13	Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
WIGHTEONE	2	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *