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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
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.
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