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Plant Malpighia glabra (Malpighiaceae)

Common Names
Acerola

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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 16228.0 172231.0 10.42 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 2000.0 42000.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 3.0 69.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 120.0 1400.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit not available 778000.0 -0.03 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 3000.0 34924.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 4000.0 46566.0 -0.90 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 2.0 28.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 320.0 3725.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 180.0 2095.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 4.0 47.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 3.0 36.0 1.14 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 110.0 1280.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 828.0 24345.0 0.57 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 4000.0 46566.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.6 7.0 0.43 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 35.0 1219.0 -0.07 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.2 2.3 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 0.1 1.0 -1.20 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 914000.0 923000.0 0.66 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antilithic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *