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Common Names
Papaya
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 60.0 | 537.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | not available | 5389.0 | -0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed Oil | not available | 4000.0 | -1.52 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LYCOPENE | 16 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| LYCOPENE | 16 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LYSINE | 4 | Fruit | 250.0 | 2238.0 | -0.49 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LYSOZYME | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | 110.0 | 815.0 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Fruit | 3150.0 | 23333.0 | 0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Latex Exudate | not available | 4400.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 0.1 | 1.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHANOL | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Fruit | 10.0 | 179.0 | -0.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-ACETATE | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| METHYL-CYCLOHEXANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| METHYL-GERANATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-HEXANOATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anaphylactic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Ancylostomicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic? | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anemiagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anesthetic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anhydrotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anorectic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| ANS-Paralytic | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| ANS-Stimulant | 1 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Anthelmintic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacid | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacne | 8 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiADD | 1 | Martindale's 29th |