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

 Eugenia uniflora (Myrtaceae)

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Common name(s)
Pitanga, Surinam Cherry
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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 140.0 2115.0 -0.15 *
0 ASH Fruit 2000.0 35715.0 -0.54 *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Fruit 9.0 101.0 0.04 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
28 CALCIUM Fruit 70.0 640.0 -0.74 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Fruit 79300.0 927000.0 0.77 *
0 CINEOLE Leaf -- -- -- Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
20 CITRONELLAL Leaf -- -- -- Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
0 FAT Fruit 1000.0 60275.0 -0.18 *
0 FAT Seed -- 5000.0 -1.37 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
15 FIBER Fruit 3000.0 42850.0 -0.93 *
13 GERANIAL Leaf -- -- -- Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
0 GERANYYL-ACETATE Leaf -- -- -- Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
6 IRON Fruit 1.0 14.0 -0.47 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 KILOCALORIES Fruit 380.0 3590.0 -0.11 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
39 NIACIN Fruit 0.3 21.0 -0.53 *
4 PHOSPHORUS Fruit 90.0 815.0 -0.73 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 PROTEIN Fruit 5000.0 69180.0 -0.54 *
0 PROTEIN Seed -- 56000.0 -1.58 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
15 RIBOFLAVIN Fruit 0.4 4.5 -0.11 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 TERPINENE Leaf -- -- -- Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
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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.