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Plant Melicoccus bijugatas (Sapindaceae)

Common Names
Genip; Honey berry; Mamoncillo; Pitomba

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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 8.0 230.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 3400.0 27000.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.2 14.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 34.0 555.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 700.0 10800.0 -1.24 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 5.0 38.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 581.0 3565.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 98.0 925.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 5000.0 101000.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.1 6.4 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistress 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisyndrome-X 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
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor 3 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 2 Duke, 1992 *