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Plant Cyphomandra betacea (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Tamarillo; Tree Tomato
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
PECTIN 24 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSYL-GLUCOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 130.0 3400.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 15000.0 156000.0 0.62 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.3 3.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
SOLACARPOINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Fruit 10000.0 140000.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 50000.0 375000.0 0.66 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.3 7.0 0.21 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 827000.0 87800.0 -2.97 Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiseptic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistress 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisyndrome-X 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor 3 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) 3 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.