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
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	590.0	3550.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	600.0	3180.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	210.0	2400.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	not available	2.7	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
MERICYL-ALCOHOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHANOL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Fruit	70.0	370.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEX-2-ENOATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEXANOATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MURICINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MURICININE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	9.0	77.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Fruit	not available	2700.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	2.5	13.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	210.0	3400.0	0.06	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
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 *