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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Fruit 840.0 14396.0 1.04 Duke, 1992 *
LIRIODENINE 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 339.0 3831.0 -0.07 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 1090.0 5128.0 1.39 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 25.0 111.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 70.0 836.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-(E)(E)-FARNESATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-(E)-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 6.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-(Z)-OCT-2-ENOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-BUTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CYCLOHEXANE 0 Fruit 0.1 0.2 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-DECANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-DODECANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-GERANATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 5.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 6.2 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-TETRADECANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
MICHELALBINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 306.0 4956.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.77 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 *