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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Astrocaryum vulgare (Arecaceae)

Common Names
Awarra Palm, Tucum Palm, Tucuma Palm, Tucuma
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed Oil 783100.0 1.00 Szpiz, R. R., Pereira, D. A., Lago, R. C. A. 1980. Comparison Between Oils From Three Brazilian Palms. Bol. Rec. Cent. Tecnol. Agric. Aliment (Rio de Janeiro) 14: 33-46. Cent Technol Agric Aliment Empresa Brasil Pesqui Aropecu Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
ETHYL-BUTANOATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 90000.0 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed Oil 549000.0 1.41 Szpiz, R. R., Pereira, D. A., Lago, R. C. A. 1980. Comparison Between Oils From Three Brazilian Palms. Bol. Rec. Cent. Tecnol. Agric. Aliment (Rio de Janeiro) 14: 33-46. Cent Technol Agric Aliment Empresa Brasil Pesqui Aropecu Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
METHYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 90000.0 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed Oil Szpiz, R. R., Pereira, D. A., Lago, R. C. A. 1980. Comparison Between Oils From Three Brazilian Palms. Bol. Rec. Cent. Tecnol. Agric. Aliment (Rio de Janeiro) 14: 33-46. Cent Technol Agric Aliment Empresa Brasil Pesqui Aropecu Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed Oil 596000.0 1.44 Gomes, D. S. W. 1983. Composition of Tucuma (Astrocaryum vulgaryum) Pulp Oil. Riv Ital Sostanze Grasse 60 9:583-584. Fac Cienc Saude Curso Farm Biochim Univ Amazonas Manaus, Brazil.
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