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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
BETA-CAROTENE-5,6-EPOXIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit 110.0 660.0 0.07 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Heart Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 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.
BIOTIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 110.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE 0 Fruit not available 1.0 -0.43 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BUTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-CAPROATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-PROPIONATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-VALERIANATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEETANNIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit 85.0 1270.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit Juice 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
Antinyctalopic 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiobesity 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity? 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antionychyotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 50 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th