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
CITRIC-ACID	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLINE	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORYDINE	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHYLCOCLAURINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIENONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESENE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	2000.0	21000.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	140000.0	490000.0	1.18	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	12000.0	71000.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GABA	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLAUCINE	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	72900.0	272500.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAHYDRO-3H-1,3-DIAZEPINE-2,4-DIONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HIGENAMINE	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	6.0	66.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCORYDINE	5	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
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.