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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 120.0 466.0 -0.26 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Plant *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 2.5 10.1 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN 24 Fruit 7000.0 40000.0 -0.16 *
PECTIN 24 Hull Husk 3800.0 12800.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PELARGONIDIN 7 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.
PEONIDIN 3 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.
PEROXIDASE 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PETUNIDIN 3 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.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 380.0 1476.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHATASE 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHOSPHORIC-ACID 4 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.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Flower 500.0 -1.35 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 110.0 1127.0 -0.63 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 2400.0 -0.47 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOSPHORUS 4 Pith 100.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Fruit 0.0 -0.23 *
PHYTATE 0 Fruit 320.0 1110.0 -0.60 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 160.0 622.0 -0.42 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Vasoactive 1 Merck 11th Edition
Vasoconstrictor 3 *
Vasodilator 14 Martindale's 29th
Vasopressor 1 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 2 *
Verrucolytic 1 *
Vulnerary 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).