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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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 Jim Duke's personal files.
BORON 4 Fruit 5.0 15.0 -0.50 *
BUT-2-ENOIC-ACID-BENZYL-ESTER 0 Fruit 0.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
BUT-2-ENOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit 0.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTANEDIONE 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit 1.2 Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit 0.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
BUTYL-ALCOHOL 2 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BUTYL-BENZOATE 0 Fruit *
BUTYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 159.0 1180.0 -0.62 *
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 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate 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 Jim Duke's personal files.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 124065.0 919000.0 0.73 *
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
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