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Appendix B. Uses of Annona species in medicine
Table B-1. Some Uses of Annona Species in Medicine, Cherimoya (Annona cherimolia), Custard apple (A. reticulata),
Soursop (A. muricata), Wild soursop (A. senegalensis) and Sugar Apple (A. squamosa)
Human Bioactive Effects Compound Reference
Abortion Unkown Salluja & Santini, 1990; Asolkar et al., 1992
Anal prolapse Unknown Chao-Ming et al., 1997
Antibacterial Murisolin, couxine, couclamine,
stepharine, reticulin
Asolkar et al., 1992; Khan et al., 1997
Anti-HIV principle 16β17 dihydroxy kauran19oic Wu et al., 1996
acid
Antineuralgic properties Essential oils Calzavara et al., 1987; Moura, 1988
Antiparasitic and protozoa activity
Probably acetogenins and essential oils
Calzavara et al., 1987; Bories et al., 1991;
Philipov et al., 1994 s s,l
Antispasmodic Probably flavonoids alkaloids tannins saponins
Moura, 1988; Philipov et al., 1994; Chuliá et al.,
1995 r l,s
Antiulcer Flavonoids Langanson et al., 1994
Astringent Unknown Calzavara et al., 1987; Asolkar et al., 1992; Khan
et al., 1997; f b l,f
A.c.
A.r. A.m. A.se. A.sq.
s s
l l
l +
l
l
f
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