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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
Capillarifortificant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillarigenic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective 3 Merck 11th Edition
Capillaritonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 13 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carminative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 3 Tramil
Cataractagenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Cathartic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 8 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Choline-Sparing 2 Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.