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
LITHIUM	11	Fruit	0.0	0.2	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Fruit	0.4	5.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Heart Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOXANTHIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	20.0	746.0	-0.87	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	48.0	478.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
MALVIDIN-MONOGLYCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	0.0	29.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MELATONIN	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Hattori, A., et. al. 1995. Identification of Melatonin in Plants and its Effects on Plasma Melatonin Levels and Binding to Melatonin Receptors in Vertebrates. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int., 35(3): 627-634.
MERCURY	1	Fruit	0.0	0.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
METHANOL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Plant	20.0	124.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-2-METHYL-BUTYRATE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-2-XI-ACETOXY-20-BETA-HYDROXY-URSONATE	0	Fruit Epidermis	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-2-XI-ACETOXY-20-BETA-HYDROXY-URSONATE	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ACETATE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-AMINE	1	Fruit	not available	5.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-AMINE	1	Fruit Epidermis	not available	4.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-AMINE	1	Pericarp	not available	4.5	not available	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.