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Common Names
Osage-Orange; Hedge Apple
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,3,6,7-TETRAHYDROXYXANTHONE | 1 | Heart Wood | not available | 917.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,3,6,7-TETRAHYDROXYXANTHONE | 1 | Wood | 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 |
| 18-ALPHA-OLEOMANE-3-BETA-19-ALPHA-DIOL | 0 | 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 |
| 19-ALPHA-H-LUPEOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | 429.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2'',3',4',5-TETRAHYDROXY-6-(3''-METHYL-3''-BUTENYL)-ISOFLAVONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 12.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2',4',5,7-TETRAHYDROXY-6-(3-METHYL-BUT-3-ENYL)-FLAVONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 17.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2,2',4,4'-TETRAHYDROXY-3-(3-METHYL-2-BUTENYL)-CHALCONE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-3-4'-5-TETRAHYDROXYSTILBENE | 0 | Heart Wood | not available | 833.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-3-4'-5-TETRAHYDROXYSTILBENE | 0 | Wood | not available | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3,6,7,2'-TETRAMETHOXY-4,5-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE | 0 | Root Bark | 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 |
| 4',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6-(3-METHYL-BUT-3-ENYL)-FLAVONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 11.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-DEOXYJACAREUBIN | 4 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-DEOXYJACAREUBIN | 4 | Wood | 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 |
| 6-DEOXYJAKAREUBIN | 0 | Root Bark | not available | 60.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8,8'-BIS-NARINGENIN | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-C-PRENYLNARINGENIN | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-DEOXYGARTANIN | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-DEOXYGARTANIN | 0 | Wood | 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 |
| 8-PRENYL-TOXYLOXANTHONE | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-PRENYL-TOXYLOXANTHONE-C | 0 | Root Bark | not available | 4153.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimaculitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 4 | Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986. |
| Antimeasles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antimelanomic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenopausal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiMS | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 11 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Antinauseant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antinephritic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic? | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antinitrosaminic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiophidic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |