Posted by haldente on November 6, 2012, at 10:18:34
In reply to Re: Camu-Camu » janejane, posted by johnny baklava on December 26, 2009, at 11:44:26
I tried camu strictly as a vitamin C supplement not knowing it had a mood altering effect. With half a teaspoon I did seem to be "happier" but found I was only sleeping half the night. I would wake and not want to sleep anymore but then end up tired due to lack of sleep.
My point is we should consider this plant a herb, I think there is a naturally occurring drug in it. No one selling it mentions this.
I got this list of chemicals in camu fruit from Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. I'm not a chemist, anyone see any drug like chemicals in here? Dr Bob?
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4-O-METHYLELLAGIC-ACID (leaf)
4-TERPINEOL
ALANINE
ALPHA-(RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)ELLAGIC-ACID (leaf)
ALPHA-FENCHENE
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
ALPHA-PINENE
ALPHA-TERPINENE
ANTHOCYANINS
ASCORBIC-ACID
ASCORBIC-ACID
ASH
BETA-CAROTENE
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
BETA-MYRCENE
BETA-PHELLANDRENE
BETA-PINENE
CALCIUM
CAMPHENE
CAR-3-ENE
CARBOHYDRATES
CITRIC-ACID
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
D-LIMONENE
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID
DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
ELLAGIC-ACID (leaf)
ETHYL-ACETATE
ETHYL-BUTYRATE
EUCALYPTOL
FENCHOL
FIBER
FRUCTOSE
GAMMA-TERPINENE
GLUCOSE
HUMULENE
IRON
ISOCITRIC-ACID
KILOCALORIES
LEUCINE
MALIC-ACID
NIACIN
P-CYMENE
PHENYLALANINE
PHOSPHORUS
POTASSIUM
PROLINE
PROTEIN
RIBOFLAVIN
SERINE
TERPINOLENE
THIAMIN
THREONINE
VALINE
WATER
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