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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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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
IRON 6 Flower 1.0 -1.10 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON 6 Fruit 4.0 17.0 -0.46 *
IRON 6 Pith 11.0 -0.81 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ISOAMYL-AMINE 0 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.
ISOBUTYL-AMINE 0 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.
ISOFUCISTEROL 0 Fruit *
ISOFUCOSTEROL 0 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.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 360.0 1037.0 -0.78 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOVALERIANIC-ACID 0 Plant Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
KAEMPFEROL 75 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.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 1220.0 3514.0 -0.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
L-NORADRENALINE 0 Fruit *
L-OCTACOSANOL 0 Plant Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
L-TRIACONTAOL 0 Plant Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
LATEX 0 Hull Husk 20000.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LAURIC-ACID 7 Fruit 20.0 78.0 -0.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LAURIC-ACID 7 Plant *
LEAD 0 Fruit 0.0 0.2 -0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 590.0 1699.0 -0.72 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antipredatory 1 *
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 7 *
Antiprostaglandin 2 *
Antiprostanoid 1 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic 1 *
Antiprotozoal 1 *
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 1 *
Antipyretic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 11 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 *
Antireserpine 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.