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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
ALANAINE 0 Fruit 370.0 2075.0 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Fruit 3900.0 22000.0 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 3.0 41.0 -0.21 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ARGININE 14 Fruit 110.0 1210.0 -0.83 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 200.0 4935.0 0.02 *
ASH 0 Fruit 2600.0 52000.0 -0.12 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 510.0 5615.0 -0.60 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-APO-8'-CAROTENE 0 Fruit *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 75.0 -0.01 *
BETA-CRYPTOFLAVIN 0 Fruit 0.6 75.0 *
BETA-DAMASCENONE 3 Fruit *
BETA-IONONE 13 Fruit *
BORON 4 Fruit 0.6 8.0 -0.64 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 29.0 1040.0 -0.65 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 67000.0 936000.0 0.82 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CAROTENOIDS 0 Fruit 3.0 220.0 -0.46 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 13200.0 -0.44 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
COPPER 12 Fruit 1.0 15.0 0.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CRYPTOCHROME 0 Fruit *
CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Tranquilizer 2 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 2 Martindale's 29th
Tumor-Promoter 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Varroacide 1 *
Vasodilator 7 *
Vitamin-A-Activity 1 *
Vulnerary 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).