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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 180.0 1120.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-OXOGLUTARIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 2.0 37.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 0.4 129.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA 0 Fruit not available 235.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA 0 Pericarp not available 1029.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA(NH3) 0 Fruit Epidermis 235.0 1029.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Seed 6000.0 13800.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-BUTYRATE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-BUTYRATE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-FORMATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-PROPIONATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE 0 Fruit not available 1.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE 0 Fruit Epidermis not available 1.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE 0 Pericarp not available 1.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Heart Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 60.0 373.0 -1.05 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antihypercholesterolemic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 34 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th