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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
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed not available 155000.0 -1.46 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CARICA-PAPAYA-ALKALOID-(C-11-H-14-N-2-O) 0 Leaf not available 2.8 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARICA-PAPAYA-AMYLASE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARICA-PAPAYA-ANTICOAGULANT 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARICA-PAPAYA-POLYSACCHARIDE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARICA-PAPAYA-POLYSACCHARIDE-PP-I 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARICA-PAPAYA-POLYSACCHARIDE-PP-II 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARICACIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARICIN 0 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CAROTENOIDS 0 Fruit 10.0 138.0 -0.48 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
CARPAINE 17 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARPAINE 17 Fruit not available 200.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARPAINE 17 Leaf 150.0 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CARPAINE 17 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARPAINE 17 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARPAINE 17 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARPASAMINE 0 Seed not available 3500.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARPASEMINE 0 Seed not available 3500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CARPOSIDE 4 Leaf not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Viristat 1 Commission E. Blumenthal,M.,Hall,T. and Rister,R.S. eds.1997.The ABC's German Commission E Monographs - Therapeutic Monographs on Medicinal Plants for Human Use by Commission E - A Special Expert Committee of the German Federal Health Agency.ABC.Austin TX
Vitamin-A-Activity 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.