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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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 *
LIRIODENINE 11 Plant *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 339.0 3831.0 -0.07 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 1090.0 5128.0 1.39 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 25.0 111.0 0.33 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 70.0 836.0 -0.15 *
METHYL-(E)(E)-FARNESATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.3 *
METHYL-(E)-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 6.2 *
METHYL-(Z)-OCT-2-ENOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 *
METHYL-BUTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 *
METHYL-CYCLOHEXANE 0 Fruit 0.1 0.2 1.00 *
METHYL-DECANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -1.00 *
METHYL-DODECANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 *
METHYL-GERANATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.5 *
METHYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 5.3 *
METHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 6.2 1.00 *
METHYL-TETRADECANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 *
MICHELALBINE 0 Plant *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 306.0 4956.0 -0.04 *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.77 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Copper-Antagonist 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
Copper-Chelator 1 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 3 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 4 Rupprect, J. K., Hui, Y. H., and McLaughlin, J. L., Annonaceous acetogenins: a review, J. Nat. Prod, 53(2), 1990, 237-238.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic 1 *
Detoxicant 2 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Diuretic 7 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 *