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Plant Myrciaria dubia (Myrtaceae)

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
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
NIACIN 39 Fruit 6.0 100.0 0.53 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 150.0 2835.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit not available 711.0 -1.52 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
PROLINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 5000.0 83330.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.4 6.7 0.36 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.1 1.7 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
VALINE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
WATER 0 Fruit 930000.0 940000.0 0.74 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticlimacteric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticold 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticollegenase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticoronary 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.