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.
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 *