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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GERANIOL 35 Fruit 0.0 1.3 -0.60 *
GERANYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 *
GERANYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 18000.0 170940.0 0.92 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 622.0 7332.0 -0.46 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 389.0 3501.0 -0.04 *
HALF-CYSTINE 0 Fruit 14.0 336.0 *
HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit 0.0 0.2 *
HEXANOIC-ACID 2 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -1.00 *
HEXYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 124.0 1336.0 -0.26 *
HYDROXYPROLINE 1 Fruit 70.0 836.0 *
IRON 6 Fruit 68.0 308.0 0.69 *
ISOCORYDINE 5 Plant *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 373.0 4166.0 0.16 *
KCALS 0 Fruit 770.0 3400.0 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 466.0 5002.0 -0.02 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Leaf *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit 0.0 0.5 -0.75 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 480.0 6018.0 -0.27 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial 1 *
AntiPMS 5 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipoliomyelitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 3 *
Antiprostaglandin 2 *
Antiprostanoid 1 *
Antiprostatitic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 2 *