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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.
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
ROSEOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Winterhalter, P., Guldner, A., Guldner, A., Jakob, U., Schreier, P. 1994. 3-hydroxy-5,6-epoxy-beta-ionyl-beta-d-glucopyranoside from Malus domestica leaves. Nat. Prod. Lett., 4(1): 57-60.
RUBIDIUM 0 Fruit 0.3 10.0 -0.68 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTIN 87 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Fruit Epidermis not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf 0.0 8885.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 0.8 60.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 80.0 497.0 -1.11 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Fruit 580.0 3610.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Fruit 0.0 70.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
SILVER 3 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 0.0 133.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
SORBITOL 11 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPERMIDINE 1 Bud not available not available not available Wang, S. Y., Faust, M. 1994. Changes in Polyamine Content During Dormancy in Flower Buds of 'Anna' Apple. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci., 119(1): 70-73.
SPERMINE 1 Bud not available not available not available Wang, S. Y., Faust, M. 1994. Changes in Polyamine Content During Dormancy in Flower Buds of 'Anna' Apple. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci., 119(1): 70-73.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 70.0 435.0 -0.25 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
MAPK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Monoaminergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Mucotropic 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Myocardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myostimulant 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.