PARTE UTILIZADA= Used part: Hojas y tallos. 

ACCIÓN FARMACOLÓGICA= Pharmacological action: Broncodilatador, antitumoral, anticonceptivo, antibacterial, insecticida, antiespasmódica, diurética, cardiotónica. 

COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA= Chemical composition: De las hojas y tallos de esta planta se han aislado alcaloides, saponinas y taninos. En las hojas también se encuentran triperpenos y aceites esenciales. Las hojas, tallos y raíces contienen ácido cianhídrico. Se han registrado además los siguientes compuestos: rutina Beta-sitosterol, anonacina, neoanonina, anonastina, anonacina, neoanonina, anonastatina, aninina IV, VI, VIII, XIV, XVI, metilantranilato, asimicina, bulatacina, bulatacinona (acetogeninas con potente actividad pesticida), ácido aminobutírico, acetilcolina. 

ZONA GEOGRÁFICA= Geografical zone: Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala y República Dominicana. 

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Hojas y semillas: Antiparasitario

Stem: Bark and leaves mixed with those of Annona muricata in a sedative infusion.

Leaf and Fruit: In an infusion to aid digestion and treat rheumatism.

Leaf: Infusion used to aid digestion. Oil distilled from the leaves is applied to the head for sleeplessness.

Seed: Powdered seeds used for an excellent vermifuge in French Guiana.

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Range. New World tropics. In Myanmar, originally a cultivar primarily of the central region; now found growing wild all over the country.

Uses
Whole plant: Flowers, bark, leaves, fruit, seed, and root support vascular, res­piratory, digestive, and excretory functioning, as well as alleviating fever symptoms and fever-related disorders.

Bark: Tonic from the bark ingested for strength.

Leaf: Crushed and consumed to expel intestinal worms, particularly threadworms; applied externally as a poultice for stiff, sore muscles; and the vapors from crushed leaves inhaled to ease dizziness and sinusitis.

Flower and Fruit: Soups made from the flowers and the young fruit, combined with other ingredients, such as goat testes, pork, and/or beef, used to restore sexual functioning, strength, alertness, and wellbeing.

Fruit: With binding properties, the green fruits are used to alleviate diarrhea, dysentery, and loose bowels.

Seed: Pulverized into a powder and applied to sores as an antiseptic. Inhalation of the smoke from crushed and burned seeds provides an epilepsy treatment.

Root: Con­sumption of root paste clears urinary infection and improves urinary functioning.
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Origin:
A native to South America and theWest Indies; now cultivated throughout India.

Action:
Leaves—insecticide (seed powder, mixed with leaf juice is used for removing lice from scalp).
Root— purgative, used in blood dysentery.
Fruit—invigorating, sedative to heart, antibilious, antiemetic, expectorant.
Dried, powdered unripe fruits—used for treating ulcers. Ripe fruit made into paste with betel leaves is applied to tumour to hasten suppuration.
Leaves, bark, unripe fruit—strongly astringent; used for diarrhoea and dysentery.

Toxicity:
Seeds—abortifacient.
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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

For coughs sweetsop is said to be used with calabash to make a syrup. The leaves contain resin acids, and probably alkaloids. The fruit contains vitamin C. Tannins are present in the root. In the Grenadines the leaves are used for amenorrhoea. (2, 5, 10, 27).

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

In Jamaica the bruised leaves. like those of soursop, are considered of use in cases of fainting. Lunan and other early writers considered the ripe fruit cooling, laxative and anthelmintic. The leaves. crushed and often mixed with salt, have been used in Jamaica. Cuba and the East as a maturing plaster for tumors. Descourtilz described the buds, roots and fruit rind as astringent. The bark provides a tonic in Malaya and China. In Cuba the shoots are employed in infusions for diarrhoea and indigestion.

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Origin:

Nigeria

Part used

Leaves,fruit,stem

Medicinal uses

Anaemia,dysentery,ulcer,anti -tumor

1) 270 (doscientos setenta) plantas medicinales iberoamericanas. Santiago de Bogotá : CYTED-SECAB, 1995, p28-31.

2) Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017

3) Escalona Cruz, José Luis; et al/ Revista Cubana de Plantas Medicinales vol. 20, no 4. 2015. p -- 429 - 439

4) DeFilipps, Robert A.; Krupnick, Gary A. / PhytoKeys, v. 102. - - p. 1 - 314,  2018.

5) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.

6) Asprey, G.F.; Phyllis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts I & II. – p. 5.

7) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts III & IV. – p 49.

8) Abd El-Ghani1, Monier M./ Traditional medicinal plants of Nigeria: an overview: Agric. Biol. J. N. Am., 2016, 7(5): 220-247. - p. 223.