Osage orange

Rhizodegradation Soils, sediments, land application of wastewater Organic compounds (TPH, PAHs, BTEX, pesticides, chlorinated solvents, PCBs) Phenolics releasers (mulberry, apple, osage orange) Grasses with fibrous roots (rye, fescue, Bermuda) for contaminants 0-3 ft deep Phreatophyte trees for 0-10 ft Aquatic plants for sediments... 

Tsao R, Yang R, Young JC. (2003) Antioxidant isoflavones in Osage orange, Madura pomifera (Raf.) Schneid. J Agric Food Chem 51 6445-6451. 

Evidence of repellent properties in camip, Nepeta cataria, to flies and cockroaches was observed in preliminary studies.This study compared catnip essential oil obtained by steam distillation and elemol (Fig. 8), a major constituent of osage orange essential oil, to current commercial repellents. These comparative studies found both the camip steam distillate and elemol to be as good, and in some cases better, at repelling house... 

Fig. 8. Insect repellent compounds from catnip (elemol and nepetalactone) and osage orange (citronellal).

Figure 6.6 Surface of an osage-orange, reminiscent of the granulated surface of the sun (figure 6.4). [From Flarlow, Art Forms from Plant Life (New York Dover, 1976), 69.]...

Figure 5. TLC of hydroxyflavone dyes. I, dyers rocket (Reseda luteola L., C.L Natural Yellow 2) 2, young fustic (Cotinus coggygria SCOP., C.I. Natural Brown 1) 3, buckthorn berries (Rhamnus cathartica L., fructi immaturi, C.I. Natural Yellow 13) 4, old fustic (Chlorophora tinctoria GAUD., C.I. Natural Yellow 1 5, osage orange wood (Maclura pomifera, C.L Natural Yellow 8) and 6, bastard hemp (Datisca cannabina L., C.L...

The Sorosis is represented by the Mulberry, Osage Orange, etc., the grains of which are not the ovaries of a single flower, as in the Blackberry, but belong to as many separate flowers. In the Pineapple all the parts are blended into a fleshy, juicy, seedless mass, and the plant is prop agated by cuttings. 

Soro sis.—A multiple fruit, as represented by the Mulberry and Osage Orange, consisting of a swollen up, condensed and mature spike. 

Osage orange Madura pomifera a-D-Galactosyl, A-Acetyl-D-galactosaminyl... 

The active AFGP 1-5 were first reported by Chuba and co-workers (1973) to inhibit hemagglutination by a lectin prepared from the seeds of the Osage orange (Maclura pomifera). Although the structural requirements for the antilectin activity closely parallel those for antifreeze activity, these two activities appear to be unrelated, with the probable exception that they both require considerable integrity of the carbohydrate side chain and polymeric size. 

Table XIII shows the potency with which AFGP inhibited hemagglutination by Osage orange (Maclura pomifera) lectin. At a final concentration in the reaction mixtures of less than 1 /xg/ml, the active AFGP completely inhibited hemagglutination of both human group-0 and sheep erythrocytes. By contrast, the inactive AFGP component was some 50-100 times less active as an inhibitor. Several other randomly tested preparations containing glycoproteins of diverse origin were either inactive or comparatively weak inhibitors.

Fig. 26. Inactivation of antifreeze and antilectin activities of antifreeze glycoprotein by /3-elimination of carbohydrate. Antilectin activity was determined by inhibition of Osage-orange lectin. Antifreeze activities were determined by measurements of freezing temperatures. /3-Elimination was done with glycoprotein concentrations of 0.1 mg/ml in 0.1 N NaOH at 20°C. Extent of/3-elimination was determined according to data of Table VIII. From Ahmed et al. (1973), reproduced with permission.

Common Names Bodock, Bois D Arc, Bow-Wood, Hedge Osage, Horse-Apple, Osage Apple, Osage Orange, Wild Orange, Yellow Wood... 

Orange apples The fruit of Madura oomlfera, the Osage-orange hedge. 

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