An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Asimina triloba

Asimina triloba (Annonaceae)

Common Names
Pawpaw
How this plant is used
Food

Select a Results View:

View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 1392.0 24780.0 -0.29 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 1080.0 14396.0 -0.14 *
PALMITOLEIC 0 Fruit 348.0 6018.0 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 294.0 3001.0 -0.11 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 420.0 2265.0 -0.29 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 3140.0 15726.0 -0.19 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 282.0 3648.0 -0.10 *
PROPYL-BUTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 *
PROPYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.2 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 8000.0 61000.0 -0.65 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Plant *
SERINE 1 Fruit 354.0 3666.0 0.01 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 102.0 2124.0 -0.14 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 60000.0 545000.0 3.12 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 620.0 3333.0 1.34 *
TETRADECANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit 0.1 0.2 *
TETRADECEN-1-OL 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 254.0 2812.0 -0.09 *
TOLUENE 1 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.71 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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
Carminative 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Cataleptic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Chemopreventive 3 *
Cholagogue 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 2 Martindale's 29th
CNS-Stimulant 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 *
Collagenic 2 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *