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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
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| CNS-Depressant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Coleoptophile | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Colorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 359. |
| Decongestant | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Deodorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dermal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Detoxicant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Disinfectant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Diuretic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Essential | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Expectorant | 4 | Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |