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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
KAUR-16-EN-19-AL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID 3 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAUR-16-EN-19-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAUR-16-EN-19-YL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAURAN-17-ACETOXY-19-AL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAURAN-17-OL-19-AL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 780.0 3530.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
LANUGINOSINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIRIODENINE 11 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 550.0 2055.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 210.0 785.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf not available 253.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 70.0 260.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
MICHELALBINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOANNONIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 8.0 36.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Leaf not available 36000.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
NITROHETEROSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available 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
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiproctalgic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiproliferant 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretinopathic 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
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th