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Common Names
Soursop
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Sclerosant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Sedative | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Serotoninergic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Sialogogue | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sunscreen | 1 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Surfactant | 1 | Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp. |
| Sweetener | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Teratogenic | 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. |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Tranquilizer | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Tremorilytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Triglycerigenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Tumorigenic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |