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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Passiflora incarnata (Passifloraceae)

Common Names
Manzana de Mayo; Mayapple; Passionflower
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
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 250.0 300.0 -0.43 *
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 Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN 101 Plant 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 *
ASH 0 Flower 3190.0 29000.0 -0.90 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Flower 5.3 48.0 0.12 *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Flower 506.0 4600.0 -0.32 *
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 *
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 *
COBALT 2 Flower 1.0 10.0 0.00 *
D-FRUCTOSE 0 Plant *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Plant *
ETHYL-MALTOL 0 Shoot 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 *
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihemorrhoidal 1 *
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 6 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 9 *
AntiHIV 5 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 7 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimplantation 1 *
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 14 *