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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
Antitumor (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 6 Merck 11th Edition
Aphicide 1 Rupprect, J. K., Hui, Y. H., and McLaughlin, J. L., Annonaceous acetogenins: a review, J. Nat. Prod, 53(2), 1990, 237-238.
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 1 Rupprect, J. K., Hui, Y. H., and McLaughlin, J. L., Annonaceous acetogenins: a review, J. Nat. Prod, 53(2), 1990, 237-238.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th