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Botanical Name |
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Annona reticulata L. |
English
Name |
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Custard Apple |
Family |
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Annonaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A larger tree than the soursop, becoming 20 or 30 ft. tall, the leaves larger and darker, up to 20 cm long and 6 cm wide or more, lance-oblong, acute; flowers greenish, in groups of 2 or 3 on lateral peduncles, elongate, columnar, trigonal in bud, about 2.5 cm long, petals narrow. Fruit short ovoid cordate, 7-13 cm broad, pulpy, surface divided by impressed lines into rhomboidal or hexagonal areoles; seeds rather numerous, glossy brown. |
| Herb Effects |
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Vermifuge (leaf decoction); febrifuge (root decoction) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Anonaine, tannin (bark); ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, lysine, methionine, niacin, nicotinic acid, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, thiamin, tryptophan (fruit); coclaurine, dopamine, linoleic acid, myristic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, salsolinol, stearic acid, tannic acid (plant); reticuline (root) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Anonaine |
1862-41-5 |
Not Available |
C17H15NO2 |
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| Tannin |
1401-55-4 |
Not Available |
C27H22O18 |
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| Ascorbic acid |
Not Available |
2-(1,2-dihydroxyethy
l)-4,5-dihydroxy-fur
an-3-one |
C6H8O6 |
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| beta Carotene |
7235-40-7 |
3,7,12,16-tetramethy
l-1,18-bis(2,6,6-tri
methyl-1-cyclohexeny
l)-octadec
a-1,3,5,
7,9,11,13,15,17-nona
ene |
C40H56 |
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| Lysine |
923-27-3 |
2,6-diaminohexanoic
acid |
C6H14N2O2 |
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| Methionine |
348-67-4 |
2-amino-4-methylsulf
anyl-butanoic acid |
C5H11NO2S |
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| Niacin |
99148-57-9 |
pyridine-3-carboxyli
c acid |
C6H5NO2 |
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| Nicotinic acid |
99148-57-9 |
pyridine-3-carboxyli
c acid |
C6H5NO2 |
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| Pantothenic acid |
599-54-2 |
3-[(2,4-dihydroxy-3,
3-dimethyl-butanoyl)
amino]propanoic acid |
C9H17NO5 |
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| Riboflavin |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C17H21N4O9P |
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| Thiamin |
59-43-8 |
2-[3-[(4-amino-2-met
hyl-pyrimidin-5-yl)m
ethyl]-4-methyl-1-th
ia-3-azoni
acyclope
nta-2,4-dien-5-yl]et
hanol |
C12H17N4OS+ |
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| Tryptophan |
80206-30-0 |
2-amino-3-(1H-indol-
3-yl)propanoic acid |
C11H12N2O2 |
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| Coclaurine |
486-39-5 |
(1S)-1-[(4-hydroxyph
enyl)methyl]-6-metho
xy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydr
oisoquinol
in-7-ol |
C17H19NO3 |
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| Dopamine |
62-31-7 |
4-(2-aminoethyl)benz
ene-1,2-diol |
C8H11NO2 |
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| Linoleic acid |
8024-22-4 |
Octadeca-9,12-dienoi
c acid |
C18H32O2 |
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| Myristic Acid |
Not Available |
Hexane |
C6H14 |
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| Oleic acid |
8046-01-3 |
octadec-9-enoic acid |
C18H34O2 |
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| Palmitic acid |
66321-94-6 |
Hexadecanoic acid |
C16H32O2 |
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| Salsolinol |
525-72-4 |
1-methyl-1,2,3,4-tet
rahydroisoquinoline-
6,7-diol |
C10H13NO2 |
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| Stearic acid |
82497-27-6 |
Octadecanoic acid |
C18H36O2 |
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| Tannic acid |
1401-55-4 |
Not Available |
Not Available |
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| Reticuline |
Not Available |
(1S)-1-[(3-hydroxy-4
-methoxy-phenyl)meth
yl]-6-methoxy-2-meth
yl-3,4-dih
ydro-1H-
isoquinolin-7-ol |
C19H23NO4 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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On boils, abscesses and ulcers (leaves); for diarrhea and dysentery (unripe fruit); to relieve toothache (root bark) |
Dealers
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Health Remedies 
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