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Plant Carica papaya (Caricaceae)

Common Names
Papaya
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CHOLESTEROL 1 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHOLINE 20 Leaf not available 200.0 -0.48 Jim Duke's personal files.
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.1 1.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSANTHEMEXANTHIN 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.
CHYMOPAPAIN 4 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHYMOPAPAIN-A 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHYMOPAPAIN-B 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.
CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CITRIC-ACID 23 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.
COBALT 2 Fruit 2.0 14.0 1.16 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.1 5.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
COTININE 0 Leaf not available 27.8 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COTININE 0 Plant 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.
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CRYPTOXANTHIN-MONOEPOXIDE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYCLOARTANOL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYCLOBRANOL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
D-GALACTOSE 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.
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID 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.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.