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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
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
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protease-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 4 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 5 Martindale's 29th
PTK-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Purgative 1 Martindale's 28th
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 6 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respiraparalytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respirotoxic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rubefacient 1 Martindale's 29th
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sclerosant 1 Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue 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.