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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Byrsonima crassifolia (Malpighiaceae)

Common Names
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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 840.0 9275.0 0.29 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6000.0 34885.0 -0.56 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 2.8 -0.15 *
BETULIN 13 Leaf 204.7 -0.39 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Leaf 3.4 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BYRSONIMOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 230.0 1920.0 -0.45 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 144000.0 837210.0 0.29 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Fruit 13000.0 75580.0 -0.06 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
FIBER 15 Fruit 22000.0 280195.0 1.31 *
IRON 6 Fruit 6.0 118.0 -0.06 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 660.0 3837.0 0.27 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NIACIN 39 Fruit 3.0 23.0 -0.50 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
OXALIC-ACID 9 Bark 27300.0 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 125.0 100.0 -0.95 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 9000.0 52325.0 -0.77 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.1 2.3 -0.58 *
TANNIN 35 Bark 172500.0 282600.0 1.24 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.1 1.2 -0.53 *
WATER 0 Fruit 793000.0 832000.0 0.27 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidysenteric 1 *
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *
Antieczemic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antifatigue 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 1 *
Antifibrotic 1 *
Antiflu 1 *
Antigallstone 1 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigingivitic 1 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihangover 3 *
Antiheartburn 1 *