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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
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 3 Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephritic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic 2 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th