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
CITRIC-ACID	23	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	200.0	675.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE	19	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	1	Fruit	10.0	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BUTYRATE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUCALYPTOL	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FENCHOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	5000.0	100000.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
HUMULENE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	5.0	85.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCITRIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	160.0	2665.0	-1.51	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
MALIC-ACID	15	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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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
Antiyeast	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 29th
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	11	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *