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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STYRENE | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SUGARS | 0 | Fruit | 24300.0 | 180000.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIACYL-GLYCEROL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIACYL-GLYCEROL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIACYL-GLYCEROL | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SULFUR | 14 | Fruit | 300.0 | 900.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNINS | 0 | Leaf | 5000.0 | 6000.0 | -1.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARTARIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | 3150.0 | 23333.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRAPHYLLIN-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 0.2 | 2.6 | -0.35 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | 1.0 | 4.0 | -0.90 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Fruit | 0.3 | 2.2 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Fruit | 110.0 | 985.0 | -0.84 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TOLUENE | 1 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -0.71 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRIACETIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Isoptericide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Keratolytic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative? | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91. |
| Leptingenic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690. |
| Lithogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Litholytic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Lubricant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lyase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lymphocytogenic | 1 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Memorigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memory-Enhancer | 1 | Science News, 138: 189, 1990. |
| Metal-Chelator | 1 | McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25. |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Monoamine-Precursor | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mosquitocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |