Plant Genipa americana (Rubiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Genipap; Jagua

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
SULFUR	14	Fruit	140.0	2000.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Seed	not available	1300.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.4	1.2	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	not available	676000.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	3.0	14.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	not available	16.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride	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
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Arrhythmigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Bacteristat	2	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *