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
Antiglaucomic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiGTF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic	1	American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	1	Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991.
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperglycemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperinsulinemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperleptinemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *