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Plant Musa x paradisiaca (Musaceae)

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Common name(s)
Banana, Plantain
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
1 (-)-SALSOLINOL Fruit -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
0 (24R)-4,14,24-TRIMETHYL-5ALPHA-CHOLESTA-8,25(27)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0 (24R)-4-ALPHA-14-ALPHA-24-TRIMETHYL-... Plant -- -- -- *
0 (24R)-4ALPHA,14ALPHA,24-TRIMETHYL-5ALPHA-CHOLESTA-8,25(27)-3BETA-OL Plant -- -- -- *
0 (24S)-14ALPHA,24-DIMETHYL-9BETA,19-CYCLO-5ALPHA-CHOLEST-25EN-3BETA-OL Plant -- -- -- *
0 (24S)-24-METHYL-25-DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL Fruit -- -- -- Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
0 2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL Fruit -- -- -- Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
0 24-METHYL-CHOLESTEROL Fruit -- -- -- Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
0 24-METHYLENE-31-NOR-5ALPHA-CYCLOARTAN-3-ONE Fruit -- -- -- Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
0 24-METHYLENE-31-NOR-5ALPHA-LANOST-9(11)-3BETA-OL Fruit -- -- -- Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
0 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL Fruit -- -- -- Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
0 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL Plant -- -- -- Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
0 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL-PALMITATE Fruit -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 24-METHYLENEPOLLINASTANOL Fruit -- -- -- Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
0 31-NOR-24-BETA-METHYL-9,19-CYCLOLANOST... Plant -- -- -- *
0 31-NOR-24BETA-METHYL-9,19-CYCLOLANOST-25-EN-3ALPHA-OL Flower -- -- -- *
0 31-NORCYCLOLAUDENOL Fruit -- -- -- Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
0 31-NORCYCLOLAUDENONE Fruit -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 5-HYDROXY-L-TRYPTOPHAN Plant -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
15 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE Plant -- -- -- Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
*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.