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Camu-Camu Powder Myrciaria dubia1 Pound (16 oz) Buy Now
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Purchase a one pound package of Raintree's sustainably harvested pure camu-camu fruit powder - rich in active and beneficial phytochemicals that occur naturally in this plant. This natural fruit has been juiced and then dried into a powder which is suitable to stuff into capsules or to prepare your own teas, tinctures or extracts. Raintree's camu-camu has been sustainably wild-harvested in the Amazon Rainforest (without any pesticides or fertilizers).
Traditional Uses:* for its natural high vitamin C content; for colds/flu (for its vitamin C content); for skin care/anti-aging (for its antioxidant, mineral, and vitamin content); as an edible fruit/fruit juice
For more information about camu-camu please refer to the Database File for Camu-Camu in the Tropical Plant Database. For general information on Raintree's available bulk plants and sustainable harvesting practices, please refer to Main Page for Bulk Plants.
This bulk one pound package retails for $30.00. Purchase Camu-Camu Powder Now
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Ingredients: 100% pure camu-camu fruit (Myrciaria dubia). No binders, fillers or additives are used. This product is non-irradiated and non-fumigated. This is a wild harvested plant—grown naturally in the Peruvian Amazon without any pesticides or fertilizers.
Suggested Use: This natural fruit juice powder can simply be stirred into juice or water, added to smoothies or other drinks, prepared into tea, or stuffed into capsules. The suggested use is 1 teaspoon 2-3 times daily.
For more complete instrutions on preparing herbal infusions see the Methods for Preparing Herbal Remedies Page.
Contraindications: None report.
Drug Interactions: None reported.
Third-Party Published Research*
This Raintree product has not been the subject of any clinical research.
All available third-party research on camu-camu can be found at PubMed/Medline.
A partial listing of the published research on camu-camu is shown below:
Zanatta, C. F., et al. "Determination of anthocyanins from camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia) by HPLC-PDA, HPLC-MS, and NMR." J. Agric. Food Chem. 2005 Nov 30; 53(24):9531-5.
Ueda H, et al. "Aldose reductase inhibitors from the leaves of Myrciaria dubia (H. B. & K.) McVaugh." Phytomedicine. 2004; 11(7-8):652-6.
Dib Taxi, C. M., et al. "Study of the microencapsulation of camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia) juice. J. Microencapsul. 2003 Jul-Aug; 20(4):443-8.
Justi, K. C., et al. "Nutritional composition and vitamin C stability in stored camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia) pulp." Arch. Latinoam. Nutr. 2000 Dec; 50(4):405-8.
Franco, M. R., et al. "Volatile composition of some Brazilian fruits: umbu-caja (Spondias citherea), camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia), Araca-boi (Eugenia stipitata), and Cupuacu (Theobroma grandiflorum)." J. Agric. Food Chem. 2000; 48(4): 1263-5.
Bradfield R., et al. "Camu-camu--a fruit high in ascorbic acid." J. Am. Diet. Assoc. 1964 Jan; 44:28-30.
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