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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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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
Mosquitofuge 1 *
Motor-Depressant 2 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 2 Martindale's 28th
Mucotropic 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Mycobactericide 2 *
Mycolytic 1 *
Myorelaxant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Narcotic 4 Merck 11th Edition
Nematicide 7 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neurolytic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Genic 1 *