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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Pyrus communis (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Pear
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
4'-DIHYDROPHASEIC-ACID 0 Seed *
4-HYDROXYMETHYLPROLINE 0 Fruit *
6-O-ACETYLARBUTIN 0 Plant *
ABSCISSIC-ACID 3 Seed *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant *
ACETIC-ACID-ISOBUTYL-ESTER 0 Plant *
ACETONE 3 Plant *
ACETYLARBUTIN 0 Plant *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 130.0 803.0 -1.14 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 10.0 62.0 -1.12 *
ALPHA-PYRUFURAN 0 Plant *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 0.6 31.0 -0.64 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 1.0 105.0 -0.19 *
AMYGDALIN 8 Seed *
ARBUTIN 15 Plant *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 70.0 432.0 -1.03 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.46 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 40.0 250.0 -0.27 *
ASH 0 Fruit 2720.0 40000.0 -0.43 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 770.0 4756.0 -0.71 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anorexic 2 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 7 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 2 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 8 (View) Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 5 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialdosteronic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 5 (View) *
Antialopecic 4 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 7 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.