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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
(+)-O-METHYLARMEPAVINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID 3 Bark 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 *
(-)-XYLOPINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
17-ACETOXY-19-KAURANAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
17-HYDROXYKAURAN-19-AL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-(2-NITROETHYL)PHENOL-O-PRIMEVEROSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-(2-NITROMETHYL)-1-(6-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-OXYBENZENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANNONACIN 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANNONACIN-A 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANNONASTATIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANNONIN-I 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANNONIN-VI 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANOLOBINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANONAINE 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APORPHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 2 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Inhibitor 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.
CNS-Stimulant 3 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Convulsant 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 Martindale's 28th
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *