Plant Annona squamosa (Annonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sugar-Apple; Sweetsop

How this plant is used

Food

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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
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Pyrogenic	2	Pinto, L., Borrelli, F., Bombardelli, E., Cristoni, A., Capasso, F. 1998. Anti-Inflammatory, Analgesic and Antipyretic Effects of Glaucine in Rats and Mice. Pharm Pharmacol Commun, 4(10): 502-505.
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th
Respiradepressant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Respirainhibitor	1	Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Respirodepressant	1	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Rodenticide	1	Martindale's 29th
Rubefacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	10	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Sequestrant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue	1	Martindale's 29th
Spasmogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stimulant	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.
Sweetener	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.