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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Melicoccus bijugatas (Sapindaceae)

Common Names
Genip; Honey berry; Mamoncillo; Pitomba

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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 8.0 230.0 -0.27 *
ASH 0 Fruit 3400.0 27000.0 -0.77 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.2 14.0 -0.12 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 34.0 555.0 -0.76 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 135000.0 859000.0 0.41 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Fruit 800.0 13000.0 -0.54 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 700.0 10800.0 -1.24 *
IRON 6 Fruit 5.0 38.0 -0.38 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 581.0 3565.0 -0.15 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 170.0 545.0 -0.92 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 0.0 -1.18 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 1.0 32.0 -0.38 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 98.0 925.0 -0.70 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 5000.0 101000.0 -0.11 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.1 6.4 0.30 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit 18800.0 60225.0 -0.33 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 140.0 450.0 -0.56 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
WATER 0 Fruit 688000.0 825000.0 0.24 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Psychotropic 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.
Sedative 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tranquilizer 1 *
Tumor-Promoter 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Vasodilator 4 Martindale's 29th
Vulnerary 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *