Castro Gómez, Juan CarlosMaddox, J. DylanImán Correa, Sixto Alfredo2018-11-132018-11-132018-02-02Castro, J. C.; Maddox, J. D. & Imá, S.A. (2018). Camu-camu—Myrciaria dubia (Kunth) McVaugh. En: Exotic Fruits Reference Guide, Sueli Rodrigues, Ebenezer de Oliveira Silva y Edy Sousa de Brito, eds. Academic Press, pp.97-105. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803138-4.00014-99780128031537https://repositorio.inia.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12955/738Myrciaria dubia (Kunth) McVaugh (common name camu-camu) is an Amazonian fruit shrub that produces several nutritional compounds such as essential amino acids, essential fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals. Also, it contains several health-promoting phytochemicals with powerful antioxidant and antiinflammatory properties, due to phenolics, vitamin C, and betulinic acid. In addition, it has been shown to have hepatoprotective, antimicrobial, and antimalarial activity. Finally, it is best known for its high content of vitamin C.application/pdfenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessCamu-camuMyrciaria dubiaFrutas tropicalesFrutas exóticasVitamina Cinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartBiotecnología Agrícola y de alimentoshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803138-4.00014-9