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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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 *
ASH 0 Fruit 2000.0 42000.0 -0.38 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 3.0 69.0 -0.02 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 120.0 1400.0 -0.57 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 778000.0 -0.03 *
FAT 0 Fruit 3000.0 34924.0 -0.37 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 4000.0 46566.0 -0.90 *
IRON 6 Fruit 2.0 28.0 -0.42 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 320.0 3725.0 0.10 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 180.0 2095.0 -0.02 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 4.0 47.0 -0.18 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 3.0 36.0 1.14 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 110.0 1280.0 -0.59 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 828.0 24345.0 0.57 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 4000.0 46566.0 -0.84 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.6 7.0 0.43 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 35.0 1219.0 -0.07 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.2 2.3 -0.39 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 0.1 1.0 -1.20 *
WATER 0 Fruit 914000.0 923000.0 0.66 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Calcium-Antagonist 2 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 6 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardioprotective 5 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Circulotonic 1 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 1 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Detoxicant 1 *
Diuretic 5 *
Fibrinolytic 1 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Gastroprotective 1 *
Hepatoprotective 1 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *