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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FATTY-ACIDS | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 5000.0 | 92198.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 18000.0 | 145000.0 | -0.20 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | not available | 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 | not available | 44000.0 | -1.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Fruit | not available | 300000.0 | -1.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIXED-OIL | 0 | Seed | not available | 250000.0 | -0.07 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FLAVONOLS | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 2000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FUMARIC-ACID | 7 | Fruit | 3150.0 | 23333.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GAMMA-CAROTENE | 2 | 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. |
| GAMMA-OCTALACTONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GENTISIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GERANYL-ACETONE | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |