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

Common Names
Soursop
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 0.6 3.0 -0.88 *
WATER 0 Fruit 811600.0 832000.0 0.27 *
XYLOSYL-CELLULOSE 0 Plant *
ZINC 77 Fruit 4.0 -0.79 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticold 2 *
Anticolitic 2 *
Anticonvulsant 3 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary 3 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
Antidandruff 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiarrheic 1 *
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidopaminergic 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antidote 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.