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Plant Annona cherimola (Annonaceae)

Common Names
Cherimoya
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed 1700.0 2200.0 3.92 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 213000.0 927000.0 0.77 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Fruit not available 41000.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
CHERIMOLINE 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROCHERIMOLINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 15000.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 200000.0 258000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 15000.0 83000.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 256000.0 330300.0 1.54 Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 2.0 26.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 210.0 270.0 0.55 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 820.0 3550.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
LAHERRADURINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LANUGINOSINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 350.0 5300.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 68400.0 88200.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Fruit 265.0 4020.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
LIRIODENINE 11 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Neurotoxic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 12 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic 1 Daroca, P., Rodriguez, J., Reano, M., Canto, G., Miranda, P. 1996. Fever From Caffeine. Allergy, 51(3): 189-191.
Respirastimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 3 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.