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

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
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
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.