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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
DECANAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROCARPAINE-I 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DEHYDROCARPAINE-II 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DEHYDROCARPAINES 0 Leaf not available 1000.0 not available Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
DEHYDROCARPAMINES 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
DELTA-5-STIGMASTEROL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DELTA-OCTALACTONE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
EO 0 Seed not available 900.0 -0.54 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
EPSILON-CAROTENE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPSILON-CAROTENE 1 Pericarp not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ETHANOL 24 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ETHYL-ACETATE 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ALCOHOL 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.
ETHYL-BENZOATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BUTYRATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 2970.0 22000.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Latex Exudate not available 24000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FAT 0 Leaf 8000.0 136000.0 1.58 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Seed not available 253000.0 -0.07 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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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.