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

Common Names

Carambola; Star Fruit

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
WATER	0	Fruit	874000.0	923000.0	0.66	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	1.0	12.0	-0.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	5	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hemopoietic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic	7	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *