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Plant 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
CIS-N-HEX-3-EN-1-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRAMALIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.2 4.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
COSMOSIIN 4 Heart Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CREATINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CREATINE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CUTIN 0 Fruit Epidermis not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Cotyledon not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-ARABINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-7-ARABINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Plant 30.0 187.0 -1.08 Duke, 1992 *
D-2-METHYLBUTAN-1-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-CATECHIN 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Plant 13.0 54.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available 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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 9 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *