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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
CHLORINE 7 Fruit 1250.0 0.20 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHLOROPHYLL 21 Hull Husk 52.0 103.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHOLESTEROL 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.
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.0 0.2 -0.49 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CITRIC-ACID 23 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.
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.0 -0.53 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.8 6.0 -0.53 *
CYANIDIN 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.
CYCLOARTENOL 7 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.
CYCLOEUCALENOL 3 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYCLOEUCALENONE 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.
CYCLOLAUDENOL 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.
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 200.0 576.0 -0.47 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Fruit 10.0 51.0 -0.71 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DELPHINIDIN 9 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.
DELPHINIDIN 9 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
DIMETHYL-AMINE 2 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.
DOPA 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.
DOPAMINE 20 Fruit *
DOPAMINE 20 Hull Husk 700.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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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).