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Botanical Name |
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Annona squamosa Linn. |
English
Name |
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Custard Apple |
Synonym(s) |
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Annona asiatica L. |
Family |
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Annonaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A large deciduous shrub or small tree. Leaves oblong, lanceolate or elliptic. Flowers fragrant, creamy-yellow to greenish, solitary or in groups of up to 4 in leaf opposed cymes. Fruit globose or ovoid, yellowish green when ripe, embossed with prominent scales. Seeds black. |
| Herb Effects |
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Anticancer (root and its bark, stem and leaf); antihypertensive and alleviates spasms (root); cardiotonic (leaf). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Corydine, glaucine and iso-corydine (root and its bark, tender stem and leaf); alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, camphor, limonene, mallic acid, reticuline, tannin (plant); annonacin, anonaine, asimicin (seed); arginine, ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, GABA, lysine, methionine, niacin, pantothenic acid, thiamin, tryptophan (fruit); borneol, friedelin (leaf); bullatacin, bullatacinone (bark) |
| 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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| Corydine |
476-69-7 |
Not Available |
C20H23NO4 |
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| Glaucine |
5630-11-5 |
Not Available |
C21H25NO4 |
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| alpha-Pinene |
80-56-8 |
2,7,7-trimethylbicyc
lo[3.1.1]hept-2-ene |
C10H16 |
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| beta-Pinene |
23089-32-9 |
6,6-dimethyl-2-methy
lidene-norpinane |
C10H16 |
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| Camphor |
8022-77-3 |
1,7,7-trimethylnorbo
rnan-2-one |
C10H16O |
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| Limonene |
9003-73-0 |
1-methyl-4-prop-1-en
-2-yl-cyclohexene |
C10H16 |
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| Malic acid |
Not Available |
2-hydroxybutanedioic
acid |
C4H6O5 |
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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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| Tannin |
1401-55-4 |
Not Available |
C27H22O18 |
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| Annonacin |
111035-65-5 |
3-[2,8-dihydroxy-12-
[[5-(1-hydroxytridec
yl)oxolan-2-yl]metho
xy]dodecyl
]-5-meth
yl-5H-furan-2-one |
C35H64O7 |
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| Asimicin |
102989-24-2 |
(5S)-4-[(2S,13R)-2,1
3-dihydroxy-13-[(2R,
5R)-5-[(2R,5R)-5-[(1
R)-1-hydro
xyundecy
l]oxolan-2-yl]oxolan
-2-yl]tridecyl]-5-me
thyl-5H-furan-2-one |
C37H66O7 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Head lice removal (seed); for cancerous tumors (bruised leaves and salt combination), administered in acute dysentery and as a snuff to overcome hysteria (bruised leaves). Leaves made into a paste without adding water are applied to unhealthy ulcers and wounds. The leaf decoction is also employed in baths to alleviate rheumatic pain. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants. |
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