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
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	4.0	20.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	not available	20.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	330.0	1020.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	2000.0	37000.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Fruit	not available	14.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	not available	15.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE	62	Seed	not available	22500.0	-0.07	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	400.0	3700.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	not available	900.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	112000.0	793200.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	not available	1.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-MANNITOL	0	Seed	not available	2200.0	not available	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
FAT	0	Fruit	3000.0	9250.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	not available	290000.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
GENIPIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENIPIN	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENIPINIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENIPOSIDE	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENIPOSIDIC-ACID	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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
Antidyskinetic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiemetic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiencephalitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 198.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *