Plant Pyrus communis (Rosaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Pear

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
4'-DIHYDROPHASEIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYMETHYLPROLINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-O-ACETYLARBUTIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABSCISSIC-ACID	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID-ISOBUTYL-ESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLARBUTIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Fruit	130.0	803.0	-1.14	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	10.0	62.0	-1.12	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PYRUFURAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	0.6	31.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	1.0	105.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
AMYGDALIN	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	70.0	432.0	-1.03	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	0.0	0.1	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	40.0	250.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	2720.0	40000.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	770.0	4756.0	-0.71	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	5	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Martindale's 29th