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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Annona reticulata (Annonaceae)

Common Names
Custard Apple
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SODIUM 1 Fruit 25.0 275.0 -0.16 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Plant *
TANNIN 35 Bark *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.7 5.0 -0.04 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 70.0 245.0 -0.85 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 2.0 8.0 -0.03 *
WATER 0 Fruit 683000.0 801000.0 0.13 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
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 *
Lipolytic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.