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
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Esophagus)	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Mouth)	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticanker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *