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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
GERANIOL 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLIN-A-62 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOCEREBROSIDE 0 Plant 34.0 49.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 17200.0 18200.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 156.0 1244.0 -0.93 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE 5 Plant not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCERIC-ACID 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Plant 80.0 497.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYOXYLIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANIDINE 6 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANIDINE 6 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANIDINOACETIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANIDINOACETIC-ACID 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANIDINOSUCCINIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEMICELLULOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTACOSANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXACOSANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANAL 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Sedative 9 Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sodium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Spermicide 2 Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Stimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Styptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 7 Duke, 1992 *
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Surfactant 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Sweetener 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Taenicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Teratogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Teratologic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).