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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BORON | 4 | Fruit | 5.0 | 15.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUT-2-ENOIC-ACID-BENZYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BUT-2-ENOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BUTANEDIONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BUTANOIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1.2 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BUTYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BUTYL-ALCOHOL | 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. |
| BUTYL-BENZOATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYL-HEXANOATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 159.0 | 1180.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 3440.0 | 23800.0 | 0.37 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CALLOSE | 0 | Latex Exudate | 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. |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAOUTCHOUC | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | 45000.0 | -0.25 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CAPROIC-ACID | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 124065.0 | 919000.0 | 0.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 113000.0 | 556000.0 | -0.44 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiaphthic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibiotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticalculic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Bladder) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 3 | 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. |