Camu camu ( Myrciaria dubia ) - nutritional value and medicinal properties

Camu camu - caçar (Myrciaria Dubia) - is a deciduous shrub that grows in alluvial, flood-affected areas of the greater portion of the Amazon, from Peru to the east coast of Brazil. Wood submits to five months will be flooded to the very branches. It can grow to a height of 3-5 meters. Mature fruit is green from red to purple-red, round with a diameter of about 2 cm. In ripe fruit pulp is yellow color. Domicile natives picked him for the rainy season directly from a canoe. Average yield per tree are between 8-12 kg/ 2-3 lb of fruit. Having picked ripe fruits rapidly decaying, have no commercial value as such. As a result of a mine of the purest form of vitamin C, today is the fruit of the Camu camu puts powder that is a hit on the world market. Camu camu highly concentrated powder is obtained by the immature fruits after harvesting opera, freed from seeds and dried at low temperatures. After drying is milled and sieved only the finest and hardest particles are actually the richest in vitamin C.

Nutritional information: 100 g pulp contains about 5 grams of carbohydrates; 28 g of fruit sugar; 1.1 g dietary fiber; Only 0.4 0.6 g protein; 0.44 g starch .... It is rich in minerals, potassium, calcium, magnesium, manganese and sodium. What makes this fruit unique data that can contain up to 2145 mg of vitamin C per 100g of fruit, which was even 30-60 times more than in fresh orange. The dry concentration contains up to 600 times the amount of fresh orange - camu camu 100 g of powder contains 15-20 g of vitamin C.  Since comes from pristine, ecologically perfect rainforest areas, camu camu powder is one of the most sought-after source of vitamin C in the world.  Extremely strong antioxidant action of the multiple rejuvenates the entire body. Camu camu is incredibly rich in flavonoids such as anthocyanins, flavonols and flavanols, catechins, delphinidin 3-glucoside, cyanidin 3-glucoside, tannins, ellagic acid and routine which is especially effective in the removal of varicose veins and capillaries. In addition to being one of the most powerful antioxidants, Camu camu powder is still mostly used to treat depression and harmful side effects in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Health benefits of the entire nervous system; protects the brain from degenerative diseases; heart health; of the eye; for optimal skeletal muscle tone; reduces infertility; detoxinate entire body; anticancer effects, etc ....

Due to the increasing popularity of alternative natural method of preserving health, after chokeberry, this plant has a serious predisposition for the future of agribusiness