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Plant Carica papaya (Caricaceae)

Common Names
Papaya
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
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BORON 4 Fruit 5.0 15.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
BUT-2-ENOIC-ACID-BENZYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUT-2-ENOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTANEDIONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available 1.2 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTYL-ALCOHOL 2 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.
BUTYL-BENZOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 159.0 1180.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 3440.0 23800.0 0.37 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALLOSE 0 Latex Exudate 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.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate not available 45000.0 -0.25 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 124065.0 919000.0 0.73 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 113000.0 556000.0 -0.44 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (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