PARTE UTILIZADA= Used part: Fruto.

ACCION FARMACOLOGICA= Pharmacological action: Antidisentérico.

COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA= Chemical composition: Chemicals ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 180 - 1,190 ppm CRC JFM ; ASH Fruit 10,000 - 40,000 ppm CRC JFM ; CALCIUM Fruit 200 - 720 ppm JFM ; CARBOHYDRATES Fruit 250,000 - 833,335 ppm CRC ; FAT Fruit 20,000 - 72,200 ppm CRC JFM ; FIBER Fruit 53,000 - 267,150 ppm CRC JFM ; IRON Fruit 22 - 79 ppm JFM ; KILOCALORIES Fruit 1,050 - 3,765 /kg CRC ; NIACIN Fruit 5 - 18 ppm JFM ; PHOSPHORUS Fruit 360 - 1,300 ppm CRC ; PROTEIN Fruit 18,000 - 68,590 ppm CRC JFM ; RIBOFLAVIN Fruit 0.4 - 1.4 ppm JFM ; THIAMIN Fruit 0.4 - 1.4 ppm JFM ; WATER Fruit 700,000 - 723,000 ppm CRC JFM ; ppm = parts per million tr = trace

ZONA GEOGRAFICA= Geografical zone: E. de Brasil y NE de Argentina. 

ÚLTIMOS AVANCES EN LA QUÍMICA Y ACTIVIDADES BACTERIOLÓGICAS EN LAS PLANTAS MEDICINALES= Medicinal plants, last advances on chemistry and bacteria activities on the medicinal herbs

1) The quality of bacuri fruits of 17 genotypes from Northern Brazil was examd.  Mature fruits were harvested directly from the ground and examd. for total wt., length, diam., pulp yield, and no. of seeds.  The pulp was homogenized, packaged in plastic bags, frozen at -20°C and later analyzed for total sol. solids (TSS), total titratable acidity (TTA; as citric acid), pH, and TSS/TTA ratio.  The genotypes showed significant differences in all indexes.  For fresh fruit consumption, genotypes (matrixes) M6, M14, M22, and M23 had a good pulp yield, TSS, and TSS/TTA ratio vs. the others matrixes.  The highest industrial yields were obsd. for the matrixes M5, M14, and M21 when considering pulp % and TSS.

2) Araca-boi (Eugenia stipitata), bacuri (Platonia insignis) and cupuacu (Theobroma grandiflorum) are three exotic fruits typical of the Amazonian region.  Their pulps are very much appreciated by the inhabitants and were recently exported.  The present paper reports on the chem. compn. of these pulps: the gross compn. (carbohydrates, protein, fat, ash and dietary fiber contents) was detd., together with a more detailed anal. of sugars, amino acids, fatty acids and minerals.  Altogether, the data indicate that these fruit pulps of Amazonian origin are of nutritional interest and should be promoted at least at a regional level.

3) Volatile compds. of the fruits genipap (Genipa americana L.) and bacuri (Platonia insignis Mart.) were investigated by GC/MS.  GC-olfactometry by AEDA pointed the main aroma impact compds. in both fruit exts., mainly linalool and Me hexanoate in bacuri.  In genipap, high amts. of carboxylic acids were detected after a KOH impregnated silica gel open column chromatog., used to sep. the carboxylic acids from the neutral compds. presented.  GCO/AEDA pointed to butyric, 2-methylbutyric and hexanoic acids as the impact aroma compds. responsible for the acidic and pungent notes obsd. in genipap.  Beside these, the Et esters of 2- and 3-methylbutyric acids were also pointed as the most intense and characteristic fruity notes in that fruit.

Bark: Bark is boiled, and the water drunk as an antidiarrheal, by the Guyana Patamona.

1) TOURSARKISSIAN, Martín.Plantas medicinales de Argentina : sus nombres botánicos, vulgares, usos y distribución geográfica.-- Buenos Aires : Hemisferio Sur,1980, p.59.

2) Aguiar, Larissa Pereira; Wilane de Figueiredo, Raimundo; Alves, Ricardo Elesbao; Maia, Geraldo Arraes; Barbosa de Souza, Valdomiro Aurelio.  Physical and physico-chemical characterization of fruits from different genotypes of bacuri (Platonia insignis Mart.). Ciencia e Tecnologia de Alimentos (Campinas, Brazil). 2008. vol.28(2): 423-428.     

3) Rogez, Herve; Buxant, Raphaele; Mignolet, Eric; Souza, Jesus N. S.; Silva, Evaldo M.; Larondelle, Yvan. Chemical composition of the pulp of three typical Amazonian fruits: araca-boi (Eugenia stipitata), bacuri (Platonia insignis) and cupuacu (Theobroma grandiflorum). European Food Research and Technology. 2004. vol.218(4): 380-384.      

4) Borges, Eric S.; Rezende, Claudia M.   Main aroma constituents of genipap (Genipa americana L.) and bacuri (Platonia insignis M.).   Journal of Essential Oil Research. 2000. vol.12(1): 71-74.      

5) Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017.