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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
ISOPROPYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCETIN 3 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Fruit Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERALDEHYDE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JASMONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Fruit not available 2.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit not available 3419.0 -0.37 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
L-ARGININE 1 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-ARGININE 1 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-EPICATECHIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-MALIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-QUINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LACTIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Fruit 10.0 63.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Fruit 0.0 64.0 3.29 Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 120.0 746.0 -0.93 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Fruit 870.0 5411.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 7 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxidant 3 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
P21-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 20 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Peroxynitrite-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 59 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.