Studies yielded tannins, steroids and cardiac glycosides as major phytochemical

compounds.
Alcoholic extract of leaves, when distilled with steam, yielded a small amount of
essential oil with a strong, somewhat agreeable odor.
The extract also yielded a dark-green resin containing: myricyl alcohol, sitosterol, fatty
acids (oleic, linoleic, and stearic acids, together with a higher fatty acid, possibly
lignoceric acid) and a diphydric alcohol, anonol.
Flesh of fruit contains saccharose 2.53%, dextrose 5.05 percent, and levulose 0.04%.
Bark yielded an amorphous alkaloid, found to be poisonous, causing tetanus-like
convulsions when injected to mice.
Seed contains a nonpoisonous alkaloid.
Recent studies isolated three acetogenins: annonacin, annonacin A and annomuricin
A.
Stem bark yielded one acetogenin, solamin and two triterpenoids, stigmasterol and
sitosterol.
Study yielded two new acetogenins, muricatalicin (1) and muricatalin (VI), a mesitoate
of a new acetogenin, annonacin-B mesitoate (Vb) and three known acetogenins,
annonacin (II), annonacin-A (III) and annonacin-10-one (IV). (see study below) (9)
Study isolated sterols: -sitosterone (1), -sitosteryl fatty acid ester (2) and -sitosterol
(3); and the triterpenes: -amyrin (4), -amyrin (5) and squalene (6) from the
dichloromethane extract of the freeze-dried fruit of Annona muricata Linn. (See study
below) (18)
Dichloromethane extract of seeds yielded annoreticuin-9-one (1) while fruit flesh
yielded cis-annoreticuin (2) and sabadelin (3). (see study below) (26)
Seeds yield lactones, annomonicina, annomontacina, annonacina, annomuricatina,
annonacinona, javoricina, among others. (29)
Leaf oil yielded 59 compounds. Main components were -caryophyllene (31.4%), cadinene (6.7%), -muurolene (5.5%), T- and -cadinols (4.3%). (29)
Nutrient analysis of pulp and drink yielded a carbohydrate content 72.71% and 83.47%,
fiber 6.26% and 3.47%, retinol 192.50 IU and 63.76 IU, ascorbic acid 22.59 mg/110g and 34.71
mg/100 g, flavonoids 9.32 and 5.24 mg/100 g, and tannin 65.98 and 53.96 mg/100 g. (see study
below) (32)

Properties
- Fruit is reported antiscorbutic and astringent.
- Flowers are pectoral.
- Leaves are antispasmodic.
- Seeds are emetic.
- Infusion of leaves are sudorific.
- Recent studies suggest a potential for antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal,antiparasitic,

antileishmanial, antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, antihyperglycemic, hypotensive,

immune-enhancing, and anti-cancer properties.

Parts utilized
Leaves, flowers, fruit.

Uses
Edibility / Nutrition
Juicy ripe fruit is eaten raw; also used in making beverages, ice cream, and jelly tarts.
Fruit is an excellent source of vitamins B and C.
Folkloric
Unripe fruit used for dysentery.
Ripe fruit is antiscorbutic.
Seeds and green fruit are astringent.
Flowers are antispasmodic.
Infusion of leaves used as sudorific, antispasmodic and emetic.
In some cultures, the fruits and leaves are used for tranquilizing and sedative
properties.
Juice of ripe fruit used as diuretic and for hematuria and urethritis.
Flesh of soursop used as poultice to draw out chiggers.
Decoction of leaves used of head lice and bedbugs.
Pulverized seeds and seed oil effective for head lice.
Fruit used as a bait in fish traps.
Decoction of leaves used as compresses for inflammation and swollen feet.
Poultice of mashed leaves and sap of young leaves used for eczema and skin
eruptions.
Flowers used to alleviate catarrh.
Used as tonic by Chinese and Malays.
In Mexico used as pectoral, antiscorbutic and febrifuge; seeds and green fruit used as
astringent and for dysentery.
In Yucatan juice of the fruit is used for dysentery.
In Cameroon, leaves used for diabetes.
In Antiles and Reunion, infusion of leaves used as sudorific.
In the Peruvian Andes, leaf tea is used for catarrh and crushed seeds for parasitism.
In the Peruvian Amazon, bark, roots and leaves used for diabetes, as sedative and as
antispasmodic.
In the Brazilian Amazon, the oil of leaves and unripe fruit is mixed with olive oil and
used externally for neuralgic, rheumatism and arthritis pains.
Others

 Bark has been used in tanning.

The wood is a potential source of paper pulp.
For a good night's sleep, leaves are put in the pillow slip or strewn in bed.

Folkloric