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Plant Annona reticulata (Annonaceae)

Common Names
Custard Apple
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
1,2-DISEHYDRONORCOCLAURINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
14-HYDROXY-25-DESOXYROLLINICIN 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANONAINE 10 Bark not available 1200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 150.0 1400.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 5000.0 11100.0 -1.18 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 0.2 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 176.0 1270.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 185000.0 884000.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
COCLAURINE 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COUMARINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DOPAMINE 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 2000.0 21000.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 400000.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 8000.0 119000.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
HCN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 4.0 47.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 800.0 3540.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOANTHOCYANINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 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
Antitumor (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiulcer 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchosedative 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 3 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 11 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.