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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
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 140.0 871.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALOACETIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit 15.0 460.0 1.84 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID-1 0 Leaf 0.0 320.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID-2 0 Leaf 0.0 185.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARYL-QUINIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 480.0 2986.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available not available not available Fathy, M. M., Abd El Megid, R. M. 1995. A Comparative Study of the Lipid Contents and the Antimicrobial Activity of Certain Rosaceous Seeds. Zagazig J Pharm Sci, 4(2): 121-127.
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 10.0 62.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 1.0 4.0 -0.90 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit 1400.0 66585.0 0.16 Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN-DEMETHOXYXYLASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-HEXANOATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimutagenic 26 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimyelotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antineuropathic? 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 6 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.