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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
NITROSOCHLORIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORCORYDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORISOCORYDINE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORLAURELINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORUSHINSUNINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ORNITHINE 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 2.0 8.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
PARAFFIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 260.0 1600.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 2200.0 13290.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 14000.0 86590.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RETICULINE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 1.0 5.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
ROEMERINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 50.0 457.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
SQUAMOCIN 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUAMOLONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 72900.0 272500.0 1.19 Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR 0 Fruit 145800.0 545000.0 2.42 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *