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Common Names
Manzana de Mayo; Mayapple; Passionflower
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Plant | 250.0 | 300.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Shoot | 100.0 | 900.0 | -0.73 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| ALPHA-ALANINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Flower | 11.0 | 100.0 | -0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Flower | 3190.0 | 29000.0 | -0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Flower | 5.3 | 48.0 | 0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Flower | 506.0 | 4600.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 140.0 | 509.0 | -0.77 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CAMPHEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 210000.0 | 764000.0 | -0.10 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Flower | 0.3 | 2.5 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Flower | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-FRUCTOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GLUCOSE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-MALTOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| FAT | 0 | Flower | 9130.0 | 83000.0 | 0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 33000.0 | 120000.0 | 0.28 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 73000.0 | 265000.0 | 1.16 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimastalgic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimeasles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antimelanomic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMeniere's | 1 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Antimenopausal | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimitotic | 2 | Gawron, A. and Glowniak, K. 1987. Cytostatic Activity of Coumarins in vitro. Planta Medica 1987: 526. |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimutagenic | 10 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Antimyalgic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Antinephritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |