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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
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 43.0 570.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPROIC-ACID-AMYL-ESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 152250.0 948550.0 0.89 Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENOIDS 0 Plant 0.0 126.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CATALASE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit 5.0 15.0 -1.09 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf 100.0 1200.0 -1.32 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Pericarp 8.0 18.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Pt not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROPHYLL 21 Fruit 0.0 1.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.0 0.3 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-2,TRANS-4-ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-2,TRANS-4-ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 4 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic 1 Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 14 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 16 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 12 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 16 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th