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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Fruit | 80.0 | 716.0 | -0.88 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ISOPROPYL-ALCOHOL | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Fruit | 231.0 | 3491.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | not available | 740.0 | -3.67 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| KRYPTOFLAVIN | 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. |
| KRYPTOXANTHIN | 0 | 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. |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Fruit | 10.0 | 90.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed | 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. |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed Oil | not available | 4000.0 | -0.70 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Fruit | 160.0 | 1432.0 | -0.78 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LIGNOCERIC-ACID | 1 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINALOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL-OXIDE-A | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL-OXIDE-B | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-OXIDE-A | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-OXIDE-B | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Prolactinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Prooxidant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Ferretti, A., Flanagan, V. P. 1996. Antithromboxane Activity of Dietary Alpha-linolenic Acid: A Pilot Study. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes Essential Fatty Acids, 54(6): 451-455. ARS, USDA. |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Proteolytic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Protisticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Refrigerant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Respiradepressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Respirotoxic | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Rubefacient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Scabicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Sclerosant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 8 | 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 |