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

Common Names
Genipap; Jagua
How this plant is used
Food

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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 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 20.0 -0.33 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 330.0 1020.0 -0.22 *
ASH 0 Fruit 2000.0 37000.0 -0.51 *
BORON 4 Fruit 14.0 -0.52 *
BORON 4 Seed 15.0 -0.43 *
CAFFEINE 62 Seed 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 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 900.0 -0.60 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 112000.0 793200.0 0.06 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 1.0 -0.92 *
COPPER 12 Seed *
D-MANNITOL 0 Seed 2200.0 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 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 290000.0 1.40 *
GENIPIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
GENIPIN 6 Fruit *
GENIPINIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
GENIPOSIDE 10 Leaf *
GENIPOSIDIC-ACID 10 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretinopathic 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
Antiretinotic 1 *
Antirheumatic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antirhinitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseborrheic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiseptic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonergic 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.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistress 3 *
Antistroke 2 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
Antisyndrome-X 4 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.