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
AntiHIV	5	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	7	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLyme	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *