Plant Malus domestica (Rosaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Apple

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	180.0	1120.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-OXOGLUTARIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	2.0	37.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	0.4	129.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Fruit	not available	235.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Pericarp	not available	1029.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA(NH3)	0	Fruit Epidermis	235.0	1029.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN	8	Seed	6000.0	13800.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-BUTYRATE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-BUTYRATE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-FORMATE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-PROPIONATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE	0	Fruit	not available	1.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE	0	Fruit Epidermis	not available	1.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE	0	Pericarp	not available	1.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Heart Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	60.0	373.0	-1.05	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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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
Convulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Antagonist	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
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Corrosive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant	1	Merck 11th Edition
COX-1-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	10	Duke, 1992 *
Cyanogenic	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Activator	3	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	8	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	11	Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Demulcent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	3	Merck 11th Edition
Depressant	2	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.