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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Carica papaya (Caricaceae)

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
METHYL-NICOTINATE 0 Fruit 0.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
METHYL-OCTANOATE 0 Fruit *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Fruit *
METHYL-THIOCYANATE 0 Fruit *
MUFA 13 Fruit 380.0 3402.0 -0.20 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUTATOCHROM 0 Fruit *
MUTATOCHROME 0 Fruit *
MYOSMINE 2 Leaf 1.4 Jim Duke's personal files.
MYOSMINE 2 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRCENE 22 Fruit *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 70.0 627.0 -0.24 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed Oil 4000.0 -0.56 Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRISTOLEIC-ACID 1 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRISTOLEIC-ACID 1 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
MYROSIN 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
N,N-DIMETHYL-FORMAMIDE 0 Fruit 1000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
N-ACETYL-HEXOSAMIDASE 3 Latex Exudate List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiedemic 7 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 1 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antienteritic 2 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 5 *
Antiescherichic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 6 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 *
Antifibrotic 3 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifumitory 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th