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Plant Annona muricata (Annonaceae)

Common Names
Soursop
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
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 *
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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
Immunosuppressant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge 2 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
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
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Laxative 6 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *