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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
3-HYDROXYPHLORIDZIN 0 Fruit Juice *
3-PENTANOL 0 Plant *
4-HYDROXYMETHYLPROLINE 0 Plant *
4-P-COUMAROYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Fruit Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
5,6-EPOXY-10'-APO-5,6-DIHYDRO-BETA-CAROTENE-3,10'-DIOL 0 Plant 20000.0 *
6-METHYL-HEPTEN-5-EN-2-ONE 0 Fruit *
7-HEXANOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Fruit Juice *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Fruit *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Fruit Juice Miyake, T., Shibamoto, T. 1993. Quantitative Analysis of Acetaldehyde in Foods and Beverages. J. Agr. Food Chem, 41(11): 1968-1970.
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Plant *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant *
ACETIC-ACID-AMYL-ESTER 0 Plant *
ACETONE 3 Plant *
ADENINE 11 Root *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 70.0 435.0 -1.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-ALANINE 0 Fruit *
ALPHA-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALPHA-FARNESENE 0 Fruit Epidermis Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antisinusitic 1 *
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 20 *
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisprue 1 *
Antistaphylococcic 6 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 1 *
Antistress 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 3 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
Antisunburn 3 *
Antisyncopic 1 *
Antisyndrome-X 6 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
AntiTGF-beta 1 *
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 *
Antithrombogenic 2 *
Antithromboxane 1 *
Antithyreotropic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)