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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
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
AntiAGE 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
Antiaggregant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *