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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
KAUR-16-EN-19-AL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID 3 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAUR-16-EN-19-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAUR-16-EN-19-YL-ACETATE 0 Plant 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 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 780.0 3530.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
LANUGINOSINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIRIODENINE 11 Root Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 550.0 2055.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 210.0 785.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf not available 253.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 70.0 260.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
MICHELALBINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOANNONIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 8.0 36.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Leaf not available 36000.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
NITROHETEROSIDE 0 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
Cytotoxic 9 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Decongestant 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Deliriant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Demulcent 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Dopamine-Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Ecbolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epileptigenic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Essential 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 6 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry