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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Carica papaya (Caricaceae)

Common Names
Papaya
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
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Fruit *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Fruit *
2,6-DIMETHYL-OCT-7-ENE-2,3,6-TRIOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2,6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,7-DIENE-3,6-DIOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2,6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-3,7-DIENE-2,6-DIOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2,6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-CIS-2,7-DIENE-1,6-DIOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2,6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-TRANS-2,7-DIENE-1,6-DIOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHYL-BUTAN-1-AL 0 Fruit 0.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-METHYL-BUTYL-BENZOATE 0 Fruit *
4-HYDROXY-4-METHYL-PENTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit *
4-TERPINEOL 8 Fruit *
5,6-MONOEPOXI-BETA-CAROTENE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
6,7-EPOXY-LINALOOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
6-METHYLKEPT-5-EN-2-ONE 0 Fruit *
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
ALANINE 3 Fruit 140.0 1253.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 1300.0 1500.0 -0.51 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 *
Acaricide 3 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Acidifier 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Addictive 1 *
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Albuminurigenic 1 Commission E. Blumenthal,M.,Hall,T. and Rister,R.S. eds.1997.The ABC's German Commission E Monographs - Therapeutic Monographs on Medicinal Plants for Human Use by Commission E - A Special Expert Committee of the German Federal Health Agency.ABC.Austin TX
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 7 *
Allelochemic 1 *
Allergenic 16 Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Amebicide 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 12 *
Anaphrodisiac 1 *