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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
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 *
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
Antioxidant 11 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant Synergist 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant 1 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 2 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
AntiPMS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th