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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Bactris gasipaes (Arecaceae)

Common Names
Peach palm; Pejibaye

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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
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 110.0 828.0 -0.23 *
ASH 0 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.
ASH 0 Seed 19000.0 -0.87 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 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.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 89.0 5820.0 0.45 *
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Seed 1875.0 -0.44 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Seed 1565.0 -0.56 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 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.
FAT 0 Fruit 28000.0 163400.0 0.61 *
FAT 0 Seed 313000.0 0.25 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
IRON 6 Fruit 6.0 45.0 -0.35 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 1700.0 3920.0 0.39 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed 104230.0 0.42 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 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.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 16000.0 -0.78 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 89000.0 0.87 *
NIACIN 39 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.
OLEIC-ACID 18 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.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 57000.0 -0.51 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *
Antiulcer 2 *
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 2 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 1 *
Apoptotic 1 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 7 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 *
Carcinogenic 1 Science News, 146: 421.