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Chemical (-)-HYDROXYCITRIC ACID

Chemical ID
-HYDROXYCITRICACID
Ubiquitous
No

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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Garcinia atroviridis Fruit not available not available not available Lewis, Y. S., Neelakantan, S. 1965. (-)-hydroxycitric acid, the principle acid in the fruits of Garcinia cambogia Desr. Phytochemistry 4: 619-625.
Garcinia cambogia Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Garcinia cambogia Pericarp 160000.0 180000.0 not available Jayaprakasha, G. K., Sakariah, K. K. 1998. Determination of Orgainc Acids in Garcinia cambogia (Desr.) by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography. J Chromatogra. 806(2): 337-339.
Garcinia indica Fruit not available not available not available Lewis, Y. S., Neelakantan, S. 1965. (-)-hydroxycitric acid, the principle acid in the fruits of Garcinia cambogia Desr. Phytochemistry 4: 619-625.
Garcinia indica Pericarp not available not available not available Krishnamurthy, N., Lewis, Y. S., Ravindranath, B. 1982. Chemical constituents of kokam fruit rind. J. Food Sci Technol, 19: 97-100.