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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
LIRODENINE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 370.0 1300.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 180.0 630.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 40.0 140.0 -1.01 Duke, 1992 *
MICHELALBINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MURICININE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 5.0 38.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Fruit 0.5 2.5 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
NORCOCLAURINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORCOCLAURINE-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 5.0 17.0 -0.07 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 147.0 1475.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 3300.0 22810.0 0.43 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 11700.0 89000.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
RETICULINE 10 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.7 5.5 0.11 Duke, 1992 *
SALSOLINOL 3 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
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 3 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Hyperthermic 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 9 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic 1 Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 1 Martindale's 29th
Insecticide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Insulinotonic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.