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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
PROPYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit *
PROPYL-ACETATE 0 Plant *
PROPYL-BUTYRATE 0 Fruit *
PROPYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant *
PROPYL-FORMATE 0 Plant *
PROPYL-N-PENTANOATE 0 Plant *
PROPYL-PROPIONATE 0 Plant *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 1870.0 12800.0 -1.30 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Fruit *
PUFA 4 Fruit 1050.0 6535.0 -0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PUTRESCINE 0 Bud Wang, S. Y., Faust, M. 1994. Changes in Polyamine Content During Dormancy in Flower Buds of 'Anna' Apple. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci., 119(1): 70-73.
PYROXIDINE 0 Plant *
PYRROLIDINE 1 Fruit Epidermis 1.5 *
PYRROLIDINE 1 Pericarp 1.5 *
PYRUVIC-ACID 1 Plant *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit 2.5 41.0 -0.58 *
QUERCETIN 176 Heart Wood *
QUERCETIN 176 Pericarp 58.0 263.0 1.00 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
QUERCETIN-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCETIN-3-O-ALPHA-ARABINOFURANOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 3 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 12 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholestatic 1 Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992.
Anticirrhotic 3 *
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 3 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 *
Anticoagulant 3 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).