Plant Annona squamosa (Annonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop

How this plant is used

Food

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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
NITROSOCHLORIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NORCORYDINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NORISOCORYDINE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NORLAURELINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NORUSHINSUNINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ORNITHINE	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	2.0	8.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	260.0	1600.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	2200.0	13290.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	14000.0	86590.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RETICULINE	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	1.0	5.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
ROEMERINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	50.0	457.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
SQUAMOCIN	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SQUAMOLONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Fruit	72900.0	272500.0	1.19	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Fruit	145800.0	545000.0	2.42	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antiosteoporotic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiotitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist	3	Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphenylketonuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	1	Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
AntiPMS	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.