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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Annona cherimola (Annonaceae)

Common Names
Cherimoya
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
(+)-CORYTUBERINE 0 Plant *
(+)-ISOBOLDINE 0 Leaf *
(+)-NORNANTENINE 0 Leaf *
(+)-RETICULINE 0 Seed *
(-)-ANONAINE 2 Leaf *
(-)-STEPHOLIDINE 2 Leaf *
1-BUTANOL 0 Plant *
3-METHYL-1-BUTANOL 0 Plant *
ALMUNEQUINE 2 Seed *
ANONAINE 10 Leaf *
ANONAINE 10 Seed *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 50.0 725.0 -0.24 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6100.0 34000.0 -0.59 *
ASH 0 Seed 12000.0 15500.0 -0.97 *
ASIMICIN 9 Seed *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 0.2 -0.15 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed 10000.0 14000.0 4.74 *
CAFFEINE 62 Seed *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 78.0 1455.0 -0.55 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 860.0 1110.0 -0.56 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insecticide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinogenic 2 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
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Larvicide 1 *
Laxative 3 *
Leptingenic 1 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
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lypolytic 1 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mycoplasmicide 1 Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
Myorelaxant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Nematicide 3 Alkofahi, A., Rupprect, J. K., Anderson, J. E., McLaughlin, J. L., Mikolajczak, K. L., and Scott, B. A., Search for new pesticides from higer plants, Chap. 3 in ???, Arnason et al, eds, ACS, Washington, 1989
Neuroprotective 1 *