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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 150.0 2835.0 -0.12 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 711.0 -1.52 Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
PROLINE 0 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 5000.0 83330.0 -0.35 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.4 6.7 0.36 *
SERINE 1 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.1 1.7 -0.47 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
VALINE 3 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
WATER 0 Fruit 930000.0 940000.0 0.74 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 4 *
Antiheartburn 1 *
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 *
Antihistaminic 2 *
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 *
Antihyperinsulinemic 1 *
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperleptinemic 1 *
Antihypertensive 4 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 *