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

 Bactris gasipaes (Arecaceae)

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Common name(s)
Peach palm, Pejibaye
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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 110.0 828.0 -0.23 *
0 ASH Fruit 7200.0 32800.0 -0.62 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
0 ASH Seed -- 19000.0 -0.87 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
53 BETA-CAROTENE Fruit 0.5 55.0 -0.04 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
28 CALCIUM Fruit 89.0 5820.0 0.45 *
3 CAPRIC-ACID Seed -- 1875.0 -0.44 *
5 CAPRYLIC-ACID Seed -- 1565.0 -0.56 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Fruit 417000.0 834000.0 0.27 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
0 FAT Fruit 28000.0 163400.0 0.61 *
0 FAT Seed -- 313000.0 0.25 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
6 IRON Fruit 6.0 45.0 -0.35 *
0 KILOCALORIES Fruit 1700.0 3920.0 0.39 *
7 LAURIC-ACID Seed -- 104230.0 0.42 *
27 LINOLEIC-ACID Seed -- 16000.0 -0.78 *
27 LINOLEIC-ACID Fruit 400.0 2450.0 -0.32 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
6 MYRISTIC-ACID Seed -- 89000.0 0.87 *
39 NIACIN Fruit 6.0 40.0 -0.28 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
18 OLEIC-ACID Seed -- 57000.0 -0.51 *
18 OLEIC-ACID Fruit 13240.0 85620.0 0.18 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
13 PALMITIC-ACID Fruit 11400.0 71400.0 0.75 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.