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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 35.0 536.0 -0.44 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 140.0 1501.0 -0.38 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 334.0 3661.0 -0.16 *
WATER 0 Fruit 695000.0 766000.0 -0.02 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 9.0 38.0 0.23 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticarcinogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 2 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 1 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 2 *
AntiCFS 2 *
Anticheilitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric 3 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 *
Anticolitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 1 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary 4 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidandruff 2 Martindale's 29th