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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
Anticarcinomic (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticerebrotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholesteremic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antichoreic 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticold 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 1 Duke, 1992 *