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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Eugenia uniflora (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Pitanga, Surinam Cherry

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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 140.0 2115.0 -0.15 *
ASH 0 Fruit 2000.0 35715.0 -0.54 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 9.0 101.0 0.04 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 70.0 640.0 -0.74 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 79300.0 927000.0 0.77 *
CINEOLE 0 Leaf Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
CITRONELLAL 20 Leaf Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 60275.0 -0.18 *
FAT 0 Seed 5000.0 -1.37 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Fruit 3000.0 42850.0 -0.93 *
GERANIAL 13 Leaf Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
GERANYYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
IRON 6 Fruit 1.0 14.0 -0.47 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 380.0 3590.0 -0.11 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NIACIN 39 Fruit 0.3 21.0 -0.53 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 90.0 815.0 -0.73 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 5000.0 69180.0 -0.54 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 56000.0 -1.58 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.4 4.5 -0.11 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TERPINENE 0 Leaf Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antianorectic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antianxiety 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiarthritic 3 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 2 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic 2 (View) *
Antibackache 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 3 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 (View) *
Anticancer 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticanker 2 (View) *
Anticarcinomic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 (View) *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 4 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 1 (View) *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 (View) *
AntiCFS 1 (View) *
Anticheilitic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.