El camu camu Iyaziwa ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene zehlathi laseAmazon, iPeru ngumthumeli wayo omkhulu, yize itholakala naseBrazil, eVenezuela naseColombia. Sekungamakhulu eminyaka izinhlanga zakule ndawo zisebenzisa amaqabunga nezithelo ze-camu camu ekwelapheni okuhlukahlukene izifo, futhi basibheka njengesitshalo esinamandla kakhulu.
I-Camu camu, ngokwezifundo ezimbalwa, i especie imifino ngokuhlushwa okuphezulu kakhulu kukavithamini C emhlabeni. Lesi sithelo sinikeza izakhi zomzimba eziningi, okwenza kube yindlela ekahle yokuqinisa amasosha omzimba. Ngokungeziwe ku-vitamin C, ezinye izakhiwo ze-camu camu okuqukethwe kwayo okuphezulu ku- antioxidants ezisiza ukuvimbela ukuguga kwamaseli nokulawula ukukhiqizwa kwama-radicals wamahhala. Ngakho-ke, lesi sithelo silungele ukuvikela izifo ezahlukahlukene ezinjengomdlavuza.
Ngenxa yamandla ayo e-antioxidant, enye yezinto ezivelele kakhulu ze-camu camu yikhono layo lokuthuthuka impilo inhliziyo, esiza ukuvimbela izifo ezahlukahlukene zenhliziyo. Izinso nazo ziyakhuthazeka ngalesi sithelo, esisusa ukungakhululeki kwezinso futhi sivimbele ukuvela kokuhlukahlukene izifo.
Ngenxa yokuqukethwe kwayo ku- i-serina, i-camu camu ithuthukisa ukuhamba kwamathumbu nokugaya, ukuqinisekisa ukusebenza kahle kwesisu, kanye nokulwa nokuvuvukala okungokwemvelo, okusiza ekunciphiseni ukungakhululeki okubangelwa yi-arthritis noma ukulimala okuhlukahlukene. Kepha esinye sezici eziyinhloko ze- ikhamu ikhamu yikhono layo lokulwa nokuguga ngaphambi kwesikhathi kwesikhumba. Lesi sithelo sandisa ukukhiqizwa kwe-collagen, egcina i- isikhumba bushelelezi, buqinile futhi buhle.