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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
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 1.0 5.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 100.0 375.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 2.0 8.0 -0.03 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 728000.0 775000.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
XYLOPINE 0 Leaf 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
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 3 Martindale's 29th
Antiulcer 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Aphicide 2 Rupprect, J. K., Hui, Y. H., and McLaughlin, J. L., Annonaceous acetogenins: a review, J. Nat. Prod, 53(2), 1990, 237-238.
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 4 Rupprect, J. K., Hui, Y. H., and McLaughlin, J. L., Annonaceous acetogenins: a review, J. Nat. Prod, 53(2), 1990, 237-238.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).