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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
CHOLESTEROL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLINE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COCLAURINE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit not available 1.6 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
COREXIMINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEXTROSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 2000.0 24000.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 221000.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 6000.0 65000.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GABA 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOMANNAN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-CAPROATE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HCN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 5.0 33.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCITRIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antifatigue 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.