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
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 *

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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
AntiPMS	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipoliomyelitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antipsoriac	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	7	Planta Medica, 56(6): 695, 1990.
AntiRaynaud's	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.