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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Asimina triloba (Annonaceae)

Common Names
Pawpaw
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
(E)(E)-FARNESOL 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 *
(E)(E)-FARNESYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 *
(E)(E)-FARNESYL-BUTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 *
(E)(E)-FARNESYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 *
(E)(E)-FARNESYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 *
(Z)-HEX-3-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 *
2-ETHYL-HEX-AN-1-OL 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 *
3-({HEPTYLCARBONYL}OXY)BUTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.7 *
3-({PENTYLCARBONYL}OXY)BUTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit 0.0 1.3 *
3-({PROPYLCARBONYL}OXY)BUTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit 0.0 2.4 *
3-ACETOXYBUTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 *
3-HYDROXYBUTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit 0.0 3.1 *
4-HEXANOLIDE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.5 *
4-OCTANOLIDE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 523.0 5331.0 0.64 *
ANOLOBINE 0 Bark *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 240.0 2336.0 -0.53 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 76.0 893.0 -0.23 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6000.0 22000.0 -0.90 *
ASIMICIN 9 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 *
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenergic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 1 *
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 4 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 3 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.