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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
19-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
19-HYDROXYURSONIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Pollen Or Spore *
2-(1,1-DIMETHYLETHYL)-CYCLOHECYLACETATE 0 Fruit *
2-BUTANOL 0 Plant *
2-HEPTANOL 0 Plant *
2-HEXENAL 0 Plant *
2-METHYL-2,3-EPOXY-PENTANE 0 Fruit *
2-METHYL-BUT-2-EN-1-AL 0 Fruit *
2-METHYL-BUT-3-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit *
2-METHYL-BUTAN-2-OL 0 Plant *
2-METHYL-PENTAN-2-OL 0 Plant *
2-METHYL-PROPEN-1-AL 0 Fruit *
2-PENTANOL 0 Plant *
2-PHENETHYLACETATE 0 Plant *
2-PROPANOL 0 Plant *
20-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3,4-BENZOPYRENE 0 Fruit *
3-BETA-19-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-2-OXO-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Wood 1000.0 *
3-HYDROXY-OCTYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinitic Optometry 1 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 2 *
Antiretroviral 1 *
Antirheumatic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 2 *
Antisalmonella 5 *
Antischizophrenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisclerodermic 1 *
Antiscoliotic 1 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseborrheic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiseptic 21 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 5 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.