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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
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
Fungicide 5 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
GST-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemopoietic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 5 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hyperthermic 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Hypnotic 2 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Hypoammonemic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 2 Martindale's 29th