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

 Asimina triloba (Annonaceae)

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Common name(s)
Pawpaw
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (E)(E)-FARNESOL Fruit 0.0 0.1 -- *
0 (E)(E)-FARNESYL-ACETATE Fruit 0.0 0.0 -- *
0 (E)(E)-FARNESYL-BUTANOATE Fruit 0.0 0.0 -- *
0 (E)(E)-FARNESYL-HEXANOATE Fruit 0.0 0.1 -- *
0 (E)(E)-FARNESYL-OCTANOATE Fruit 0.0 0.0 -- *
0 (Z)-HEX-3-EN-1-OL Fruit 0.0 0.0 -- *
0 2-ETHYL-HEX-AN-1-OL Fruit 0.0 0.0 -- *
0 3-({HEPTYLCARBONYL}OXY)BUTAN-2-ONE Fruit 0.0 0.7 -- *
0 3-({PENTYLCARBONYL}OXY)BUTAN-2-ONE Fruit 0.0 1.3 -- *
0 3-({PROPYLCARBONYL}OXY)BUTAN-2-ONE Fruit 0.0 2.4 -- *
0 3-ACETOXYBUTAN-2-ONE Fruit 0.0 0.1 -- *
0 3-HYDROXYBUTAN-2-ONE Fruit 0.0 3.1 -- *
0 4-HEXANOLIDE Fruit 0.0 0.5 -- *
0 4-OCTANOLIDE Fruit 0.0 0.0 -- *
3 ALANINE Fruit 523.0 5331.0 0.64 *
0 ANOLOBINE Bark -- -- -- *
14 ARGININE Fruit 240.0 2336.0 -0.53 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 76.0 893.0 -0.23 *
0 ASH Fruit 6000.0 22000.0 -0.90 *
9 ASIMICIN Seed -- -- -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.