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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Fruit | 250.0 | 2238.0 | -0.14 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AMYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTHERAXANTHIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | 5000.0 | 10000.0 | 0.12 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARGININE | 14 | Fruit | 100.0 | 895.0 | -0.91 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | 640.0 | 4741.0 | 0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 1400.0 | 6222.0 | 0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | 2970.0 | 22000.0 | -0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 22000.0 | 154000.0 | 0.62 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | not available | 88000.0 | 1.21 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Fruit | 490.0 | 4387.0 | -0.76 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | 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. |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Seed Oil | not available | 16000.0 | 0.30 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Fruit | not available | 300.0 | -0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-ALCOHOL | 9 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -0.72 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticoagulant | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Anticoeliac | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticold | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticorneotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticoronary | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCrohn's | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiCTS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticystinuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidecubitic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antideliriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidepressant | 9 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidepressant? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidermatitic | 4 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Antidiabetic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiabetic? | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |