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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.
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
(E)(E)-FARNESOL 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)(E)-FARNESYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)(E)-FARNESYL-BUTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)(E)-FARNESYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)(E)-FARNESYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-HEX-3-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-HEX-AN-1-OL 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-({HEPTYLCARBONYL}OXY)BUTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-({PENTYLCARBONYL}OXY)BUTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit 0.0 1.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-({PROPYLCARBONYL}OXY)BUTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit 0.0 2.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-ACETOXYBUTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXYBUTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit 0.0 3.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HEXANOLIDE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-OCTANOLIDE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Fruit 523.0 5331.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
ANOLOBINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 240.0 2336.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 76.0 893.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6000.0 22000.0 -0.90 Duke, 1992 *
ASIMICIN 9 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Embryotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97.
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 13 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 6 Duke, 1992 *
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
GST-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.