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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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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
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 *
ALVAXANTHONE 3 Root Bark 600.0 14200.0 *
AMYRIN 1 Fruit 9000.0 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 5.0 *
APIGENIN 101 Tissue Culture *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
AROMADENDRIN 3 Bark 857.0 *
AROMADENDRIN 3 Heart Wood *
AROMADENDRIN 3 Tissue Culture *
AROMADENDRIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit 16.0 *
AROMADENDRIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot *
ARTOCARPESIN 0 Tissue Culture *
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 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 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 3200.0 *
AURICULASIN 0 Fruit *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 80.0 -0.69 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiHIV 5 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperglycemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 5 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiimplantation 1 *
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 14 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiketotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antileishmanic 1 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 7 *
Antileukotriene 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotriene-D4 2 *
Antilipolytic 1 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 *
Antilithic 3 *
AntiLyme 1 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 1 *