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Doctors Best Best Camu Camu by Doctor's Best
Doctors Best Best Camu Camu by Doctor's Best
 


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Description
 

What is Camu-Camu?

Scientific Name
Myrciaria dubia

Common Name

Camu-camu, Cacari, Camu Berry, Zamu


Clinical Summary

Camu-camu is a shrub native to the Amazon region of South America. Due to its sour taste, it is not generally consumed as food. However, following recent reports of high vitamin C content in the fruits, camu-camu is being marketed as a dietary supplement for many purported uses including diabetes and cancer.
Camu-camu fruits have antioxidative and anti-inflammatory effects. Pharmacological activity was exhibited by the leaves as well . Large scale clinical studies have not been conducted to study these effects in humans.

Due to it high vitamin C content, camu-camu may interfere with certain chemotherapy drugs; however, the vitamin C content in frozen camu-camu pulp was shown to decrease progressively .


Purported Uses
Immunostimulation
Depression
Atherosclerosis
Arthritis
Emphysema

Constituents
  • Vitamin C (approximately 3000mg/100g of pulp) 
  • Beta-carotene
  • Calcium
  • Iron
  • Niacin
  • Phosphorus
  • Riboflavin
  • Thiamin
  • Anthocyanin
  • Ellagic acid

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