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
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
Antithyroid	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitubercular	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	6	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.