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Plant Annona squamosa (Annonaceae)

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
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 *
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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
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 3 de las Heras, B., Rios, J. L., Martinez-Mir, I., Rubio, E. 1990. A Study of the Adrenergic Activity of the Alkaloids Boldine and Glaucine. Pharmazie, 45(6): 443-444.
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchosedative 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 2 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 11 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Candidistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 2 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Cardiodepressant 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Cardioprotective 5 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Carminative 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Cataleptic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.