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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Musa x paradisiaca (Musaceae)

Common Names
Banana; Plantain
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
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LEUCODELPHINIDIN 2 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LIGNIN 13 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 560.0 2176.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant *
LIPASE 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.83 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 600.0 1728.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 355.0 1118.0 -0.47 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 530.0 3730.0 -0.71 Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
MALONIC-ACID 1 Leaf Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
MALTOSE 2 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALVIDIN 6 Inflorescence Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 0.6 1.8 -0.39 *
MERCURY 1 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.51 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 170.0 490.0 -0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-AMINE 1 Fruit Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
MFA 0 Fruit 410.0 1593.0 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MOLYBDENUM 2 Fruit 0.1 -0.47 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
MUFA 13 Fruit 410.0 1593.0 -0.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 2 *
Antimaculitic 7 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiMD 1 *
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 4 *
AntiMeniere's 2 Martindale's 28th
Antimenopausal 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 6 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimigraine 6 Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 11 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimutilation 1 Martindale's 28th