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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiHIV 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 9 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antihyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 225.