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Common Names
Custard Apple
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Irritant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Laxative | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipolytic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Lipotropic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lithogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lubricant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Monoamine-Precursor | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Mycoplasmicide | 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. |
| Myocontractant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Natriuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 3 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |