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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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ulcerogenic 3 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic 3 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor 2 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator 17 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 3 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Venotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 10 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 11 Duke, 1992 *