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Plant Passiflora incarnata (Passifloraceae)

Common Names
Manzana de Mayo; Mayapple; Passionflower
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 250.0 300.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Shoot 100.0 900.0 -0.73 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALPHA-ALANINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN 101 Plant not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Flower 11.0 100.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Flower 3190.0 29000.0 -0.90 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Flower 5.3 48.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Flower 506.0 4600.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 140.0 509.0 -0.77 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CAMPHEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 210000.0 764000.0 -0.10 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CHROMIUM 24 Flower 0.3 2.5 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Flower 1.0 10.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
D-FRUCTOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-MALTOL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
FAT 0 Flower 9130.0 83000.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 33000.0 120000.0 0.28 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
FIBER 15 Fruit 73000.0 265000.0 1.16 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993.
Allelochemic 4 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.