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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 140.0 871.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALOACETIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit 15.0 460.0 1.84 Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID-1 0 Leaf 0.0 320.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID-2 0 Leaf 0.0 185.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARYL-QUINIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 480.0 2986.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available not available not available Fathy, M. M., Abd El Megid, R. M. 1995. A Comparative Study of the Lipid Contents and the Antimicrobial Activity of Certain Rosaceous Seeds. Zagazig J Pharm Sci, 4(2): 121-127.
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 10.0 62.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 1.0 4.0 -0.90 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit 1400.0 66585.0 0.16 Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN-DEMETHOXYXYLASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-HEXANOATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Thyrotropic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 6 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Toxic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tranquilizer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Tremorilytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 2 Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Trypanocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Tumor-Promoter 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Tumorigenic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.