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

Plant Pouteria caimito (Sapotaceae)

Common Names
Abiu, Caimito

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 490.0 1890.0 -0.17 *
ASH 0 Fruit 7000.0 27070.0 -0.77 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 2.0 29.0 -0.09 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 220.0 3700.0 -0.04 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 363000.0 926000.0 0.77 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Fruit 4000.0 42470.0 -0.32 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 9000.0 175000.0 0.31 *
IRON 6 Fruit 10.0 70.0 -0.25 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 950.0 3665.0 0.01 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 3160.0 -0.25 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 1780.0 1.01 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 34.0 130.0 0.93 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 410.0 1740.0 -0.45 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 13000.0 81080.0 -0.38 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.2 7.7 0.58 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.2 7.7 0.30 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 2190.0 -0.34 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
TRYOTOPHAN 0 Fruit 570.0 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
WATER 0 Fruit 606000.0 741000.0 -0.13 *
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