Plant Myrciaria dubia (Myrtaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Camu-camu (Eng.,Peru,Scn.,Sp.); Rumberry (Eng.); Camo Camo (Peru); Araza de Agua (Sp.); Camu-camu Negro (Peru); Guapuro Blanco (Bol.)

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
4-O-METHYLELLAGIC-ACID	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-TERPINEOL	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-(RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)ELLAGIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FENCHENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANINS	30	Fruit	250.0	750.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ASH	0	Fruit	2000.0	33335.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	270.0	4500.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	45000.0	933335.0	0.80	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1	Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *