Plant Annona muricata (Annonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	2550.0	36000.0	1.60	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-CHLORIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDIN	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	10000.0	60000.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	not available	214300.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RETICULINE	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.5	6.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
SCYLLITOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Seed	not available	62000.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	65.0	1035.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEPHARINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Fruit	210.0	2700.0	0.89	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.7	4.8	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	110.0	585.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
UFA	0	Seed	not available	159000.0	1.17	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
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide	1	Martindale's 29th
Perfumery	3	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide	15	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Pyrogenic	1	Dasgupta, S., Ray, A. B., Bhattacharya, S. K., Bose, R. 1979. Constituents of Pachygone ovata and Pharmacological Action of its Major Leaf Alkaloid. J Nat Prod, 42(4): 399-406.
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th
Respiraparalytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Respirastimulant	2	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Rodenticide	1	Martindale's 29th
Rubefacient	1	Martindale's 29th
Scabicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.