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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
FATTY-ACIDS 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
FIBER 15 Fruit 5000.0 92198.0 -0.47 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 18000.0 145000.0 -0.20 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Seed 170000.0 0.28 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Fruit 44000.0 -1.26 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Fruit 300000.0 -1.30 *
FIXED-OIL 0 Seed 250000.0 -0.07 Jim Duke's personal files.
FLAVONOLS 0 Leaf 0.0 2000.0 1.00 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
FRUCTOSE 8 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Fruit 3150.0 23333.0 1.41 *
GALACTOSE 1 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
GAMMA-CAROTENE 2 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE 0 Fruit *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
GERANYL-ACETONE 2 Fruit *
GERMACRENE-D 2 Fruit *
GLUCOSE 7 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypocalcemic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Hypocholesterolemic 17 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 8 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 *
Hypotensive 12 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypothermic 2 *
Hypouricemic 1 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunomodulator 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 9 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Insecticide 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 13 *
Insectiphile 2 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 3 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 17 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.