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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
(+)-O-METHYLARMEPAVINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID 3 Bark 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 *
(-)-XYLOPINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
17-ACETOXY-19-KAURANAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
17-HYDROXYKAURAN-19-AL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-(2-NITROETHYL)PHENOL-O-PRIMEVEROSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-(2-NITROMETHYL)-1-(6-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-OXYBENZENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANNONACIN 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANNONACIN-A 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANNONASTATIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANNONIN-I 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANNONIN-VI 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANOLOBINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANONAINE 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APORPHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antifibromyalgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antihepatotoxic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *