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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Malus domestica (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Apple
How this plant is used
Food

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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
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 43.0 570.0 -0.76 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Fruit 10.0 60.0 -0.15 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAPROALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
CAPROIC-ACID-AMYL-ESTER 0 Plant *
CAPRYLIC-ESTER 0 Plant *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 152250.0 948550.0 0.89 *
CAROTENOIDS 0 Plant 0.0 126.0 *
CATALASE 1 Plant *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit 5.0 15.0 -1.09 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit Juice *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf 100.0 1200.0 -1.32 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Pericarp 8.0 18.0 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Seed *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Pt *
CHLOROPHYLL 21 Fruit 0.0 1.0 -0.97 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.0 0.3 -0.47 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Fruit *
CIS-2,TRANS-4-ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Bark *
CIS-2,TRANS-4-ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Stem Bark *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
Acaricide 4 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 9 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Acidulant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Addictive 1 Science News, 145: 294.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Adrenergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 15 Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 9 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 2 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 14 *