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Kakadu Plum

The plum of the Kakadu (terminalia ferdinandiana) plant contains vitamin C, about 3 gm per 100 gm fruit, and this was very important for the original Australian aboriginal population that needed a source of vitamin C. It has been shown in vitro to inhibit the growth of Giardia and a bacterium linked to rheumatoid arthritis. The chemicals present include ellagic acid, stilbenes and tannins. Kakadu plum extract inhibits the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and inhibited the expression of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2.