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
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.