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Plant Annona squamosa (Annonaceae)

Common Names
Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop
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
ARGININE 14 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 340.0 1600.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 7000.0 40000.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
ASIMICIN 9 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 0.2 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACATATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Leaf not available 107.0 1.25 Duke, 1992 *
BULLATACIN 12 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BULLATACINONE 4 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADALENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 216.0 1335.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf not available 21200.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR 41 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 200000.0 904000.0 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
CEROTIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 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
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidifier 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adrenalytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 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
Allelochemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *