Chemical characterisation of the camu camu extract
| Extract content (mg/100 g dry weight) | Daily intake* (mg/kg body weight) | |
| Total polyphenols | 6550±140 | 13.10 |
| Anthocyanins | nd | |
| Proanthocyanidins | 1854.97±6.53 | 3.7 |
| Flavanols/flavonols | 110.8±10 | 0.22 |
| Quercetin | 33.5±1.25 | 0.06 |
| Quercetin-glucoside | 5.6±0.51 | 0.01 |
| Quercetin-galactoside | 2.0±0.83 | 0.004 |
| Quercetion-3-xyloside | 3.5±0.96 | 0.007 |
| Quercetion-3-arabinoside | 0.7±0.39 | 0.001 |
| Myricetin | 74.3±1.96 | 0.14 |
| Myricetin-glucoside/galactoside | 8.4±1.63 | 0.01 |
| Coumaroyl-glucosides | 1.0±0.26 | 0.002 |
| Phenolic acids | 100.0±0.001 | 0.20 |
| 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid | 1.1±0.31 | 0.002 |
| p-Coumaric acid | 4.6±0.30 | 0.009 |
| Ferulic acid | 0.3±0.03 | 0.0006 |
| Protocatechuic acid | 0.4±0.12 | 0.0008 |
| Gentisic acid | 0.2±0.12 | 0.0004 |
| Ellagitannins | 450.0±110 | 0.90 |
| Ellagic acid | 44.0±0.001 | 0.08 |
| Casuarictin | 7.0±0.14 | 0.01 |
| Ellagitannin B | 117.1±6.70 | 0.23 |
| Ellagic acid | 44.0±0.001 | 0.08 |
| Gallic acid | 26.1±0.76 | 0.05 |
| Sugar | ||
| Glucose | 1110±0.08 | 2.22 |
| Fructose | 1790±0.11 | 3.58 |
| Polysaccharides | 7280±5.04 | 14.56 |
| Fibres | 34290±685.8 | 68.58 |
| Insoluble | 8092.44±161.8 | 16.18 |
| Fibres | 3669.03±73.3 | 7.33 |
| Vitamin C | 3330±90.8 | 6.66 |
Data are presented as the mean±SD.
*Daily intake was calculated based on the 200 mg of camu camu extract/kg of body weight dose orally given to mice for 8 weeks.
nd, non-detected.