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Plant Passiflora quadrangularis (Passifloraceae)

Common Names
Granadilla
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
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 150.0 2680.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 150.0 695.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 4000.0 71000.0 0.37 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 8000.0 37000.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.2 1.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 90.0 2500.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 90.0 415.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 43000.0 768000.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 176000.0 815000.0 1.16 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 2000.0 95000.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 13000.0 60000.0 -1.08 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 7000.0 245000.0 0.98 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 56000.0 259000.0 0.98 Duke, 1992 *
HCN 9 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 6.0 143.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 29.0 134.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 200.0 3850.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 810.0 3750.0 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 38.0 680.0 8.28 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiedemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antifatigue 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihangover 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.