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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
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 80.0 716.0 -0.88 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOPROPYL-ALCOHOL 2 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 231.0 3491.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf not available 740.0 -3.67 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KRYPTOFLAVIN 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.
KRYPTOXANTHIN 0 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.
LAURIC-ACID 7 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LAURIC-ACID 7 Fruit 10.0 90.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LAURIC-ACID 7 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.
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed Oil not available 4000.0 -0.70 Jim Duke's personal files.
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 160.0 1432.0 -0.78 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LINALOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL-OXIDE-A 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL-OXIDE-B 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-A 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE-B 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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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
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.