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Plant Asimina triloba (Annonaceae)

Common Names
Pawpaw
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
ASIMILOBINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASIMINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 424.0 5167.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.4 2.5 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL-MONOBUTANOATE-1 0 Fruit 0.0 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL-MONOBUTANOATE-2 0 Fruit 0.0 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL-MONOHEXANOATE-1 0 Fruit 0.0 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL-MONOHEXANOATE-2 0 Fruit 0.0 1.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL-MONOOCTANOATE-1 0 Fruit 0.0 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANE-2,3-DIOL-MONOOCTANOATE-2 0 Fruit 0.0 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-(E)-BUT-2-ENOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Fruit 0.0 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 530.0 3248.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 168000.0 854000.0 0.38 Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
COREXIMINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECANOIC-ACID 3 Fruit 0.0 0.7 -0.71 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
Antisunburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 4 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
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 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
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 8 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *