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Plant 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
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 30.0 117.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-BETA-CAROTENE-U 0 Hull Husk 0.1 0.3 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NIACIN 39 Flower not available 6.0 -0.87 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 5.0 29.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Hull Husk not available 50.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NIACIN 39 Pith not available 2.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NICKEL 3 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.75 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 1600.0 15000.0 0.03 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NONACOSANE 2 Plant not available not available not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
NONANCOSANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
NOREPINEPHRINE 0 Fruit not available 1.9 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NOREPINEPHRINE 0 Hull Husk not available 122.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OBTUSIFOLIOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available 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.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 270.0 1049.0 -0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 22.0 5240.0 -0.02 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
OXALIC-ACID 9 Leaf not available not available not available 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.
OXYGENASE 0 Fruit not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 1250.0 4856.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 10 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *