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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Pouteria campechiana (Sapotaceae)

Common Names
Canistel

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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 400.0 1475.0 -0.19 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6000.0 23000.0 -0.87 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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 220.0 895.0 -0.68 *
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 20000.0 -0.49 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
IRON 6 Fruit 7.0 26.0 -0.42 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 1400.0 3600.0 -0.09 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LYSINE 4 Fruit 840.0 2130.0 -0.51 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 130.0 330.0 -0.77 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 4.0 94.0 0.45 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 300.0 1040.0 -0.66 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 13000.0 58000.0 -0.69 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.0 0.9 -0.88 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.2 4.5 -0.11 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 280.0 710.0 -0.20 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
WATER 0 Fruit 572000.0 606000.0 -0.72 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *
Antiulcer 2 *
Antivertigo 1 *
Antiviral 1 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 2 *
Apoptotic 1 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 5 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Cardioprotective 2 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Circulotonic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 1 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.