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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FATTY-ACIDS | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 5000.0 | 92198.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 18000.0 | 145000.0 | -0.20 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | not available | 170000.0 | 0.28 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Fruit | not available | 44000.0 | -1.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Fruit | not available | 300000.0 | -1.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIXED-OIL | 0 | Seed | not available | 250000.0 | -0.07 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FLAVONOLS | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 2000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FUMARIC-ACID | 7 | Fruit | 3150.0 | 23333.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GAMMA-CAROTENE | 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. |
| GAMMA-OCTALACTONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GENTISIC-ACID | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GERANYL-ACETONE | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990. |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocysteine | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiichythyotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiielus? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |