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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
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Fruit *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Fruit *
2,6-DIMETHYL-OCT-7-ENE-2,3,6-TRIOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2,6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-1,7-DIENE-3,6-DIOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2,6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-3,7-DIENE-2,6-DIOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2,6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-CIS-2,7-DIENE-1,6-DIOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2,6-DIMETHYL-OCTA-TRANS-2,7-DIENE-1,6-DIOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHYL-BUTAN-1-AL 0 Fruit 0.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
3-METHYL-BUTYL-BENZOATE 0 Fruit *
4-HYDROXY-4-METHYL-PENTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit *
4-TERPINEOL 8 Fruit *
5,6-MONOEPOXI-BETA-CAROTENE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
6,7-EPOXY-LINALOOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
6-METHYLKEPT-5-EN-2-ONE 0 Fruit *
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
ALANINE 3 Fruit 140.0 1253.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 1300.0 1500.0 -0.51 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Sequestrant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotoninergic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 2 *
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stimulant 1 *
Sunscreen 2 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Surfactant 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.
Sweetener 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Taenicide 1 *
Teratogenic 2 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.
Termiticide 1 *
Termitifuge 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tranquilizer 3 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th