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Plant Annona muricata (Annonaceae)

Common Names
Soursop
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit not available 5.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
AMYL-CAPROATE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMYLOID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANNONAIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANOMURICINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANOMURICININE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANOMURINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANONOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 190.0 1540.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 5000.0 38000.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
ATHEROSPERMININE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 0.6 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit not available 3.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 140.0 2600.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 149000.0 89400.0 -3.71 Duke, 1992 *
CELLOBIOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Addictive 1 Science News, 145: 294.
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelopathic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anhydrotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th