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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	6	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	6	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Abstract (See species file)
Cathartic	2	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
cGMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.