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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
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BORON 4 Fruit 5.0 15.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
BUT-2-ENOIC-ACID-BENZYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUT-2-ENOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTANEDIONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available 1.2 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTYL-ALCOHOL 2 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.
BUTYL-BENZOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 159.0 1180.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 3440.0 23800.0 0.37 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALLOSE 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.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate not available 45000.0 -0.25 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 124065.0 919000.0 0.73 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 113000.0 556000.0 -0.44 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidiarrheic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antidiscitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Manganese) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.