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

Common Names
Apple
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ROSEOSIDE 0 Leaf 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 *
RUTIN 87 Fruit Epidermis *
RUTIN 87 Fruit Juice *
RUTIN 87 Leaf 0.0 8885.0 -0.45 *
RUTIN 87 Pericarp *
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 0.8 60.0 -0.16 *
SELENIUM 60 Fruit 0.0 -0.39 *
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 *
SILICON 4 Fruit 0.0 70.0 -0.38 *
SILVER 3 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.50 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Fruit *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 0.0 133.0 -0.17 *
SORBITOL 11 Leaf *
SPERMIDINE 1 Bud 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 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 *
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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 *
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 *
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 *
Pancreatogenic 2 *
Paralytic 1 *
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 *
Peroxynitrite-Scavenger 1 *
Pesticide 59 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.