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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
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
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 3 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 15 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 5 Duke, 1992 *
Candidistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *