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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
STIGMASTEROL	12	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Fruit	166640.0	216900.0	0.19	Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
TANNIN	35	Wood	90000.0	100000.0	1.24	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TOVOXANTHONE	0	Root Bark	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOXYLOXANTHONE-A	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOXYLOXANTHONE-B	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOXYLOXANTHONE-C	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOXYLOXANTHONE-D	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UVAOL	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WARANGALONE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WARANGALONE	4	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	not available	800000.0	0.13	Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
WIGHTEONE	2	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	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.