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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Averrhoa carambola (Oxalidaceae)

Common Names
Carambola; Star Fruit
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CYANIDIN 7 Plant *
FAT 0 Fruit 800.0 52000.0 -0.24 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 6000.0 130000.0 -0.11 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Fruit 3100.0 -0.81 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 770.0 8480.0 -0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 260.0 2860.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 40.0 440.0 -0.89 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
IRON 6 Fruit 1.0 165.0 0.13 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 230.0 2530.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 280.0 3920.0 0.39 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 400.0 4400.0 -0.15 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LUTEIN 15 Fruit *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 400.0 4400.0 0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 80.0 1200.0 -0.43 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 12100.0 -0.16 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 1.0 11.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 110.0 1210.0 0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUTATOXANTHIN 0 Fruit 0.3 30.0 1.00 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 3.0 53.0 -0.10 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 10200.0 12800.0 -0.13 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bacteristat 1 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 2 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 13 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Carcinogenic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Cardioprotective 6 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Chemopreventive 2 *
Choleretic 1 *
Circulotonic 1 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 2 *
Colorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.