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Plant 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
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.
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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.