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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
N-TRICOSANE 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-TRIDECANE 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-TRITRIACONTANE 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEOXANTHIN 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.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 4.0 30.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 21.0 93.0 -0.05 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NICOTINE 21 Leaf not available 102.8 -0.75 Jim Duke's personal files.
NICOTINE 21 Plant 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.
NONANAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-XYLENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTAN-3-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTANAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCTANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 180.0 1611.0 -0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 193545.0 202400.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 5 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *