Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Pfaffia paniculata (Amaranthaceae)

Common Names
Suma, Pfaffia
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-ACETOXYPFAFFIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3-ACETOXYPFAFFIC-ACID-METHYL-ETHER 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALLANTOIN 12 Root 1.3 -0.71 *
BETA-ECDYSONE 2 Plant Abstract (See species file)
BETA-ECDYSONE 2 Root 6325.0 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant Abstract (See species file)
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root 7.8 -0.28 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Root 12.8 -0.53 *
PFAFFIC-ACID 0 Root 10.0 10000.0 *
PFAFFIC-ACID-METHYL-ETHER 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PFAFFOSIDE-A 0 Root 4.7 *
PFAFFOSIDE-B 0 Root 9.4 *
PFAFFOSIDE-C 0 Root 1.9 *
PFAFFOSIDE-D 0 Root 7.8 70.0 *
PFAFFOSIDE-E 0 Root 10.0 90.0 *
PFAFFOSIDE-F 0 Root 1.1 10.0 *
PFAFFOSIDES 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
POLYPODINE-B 0 Root 195.0 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant Abstract (See species file)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Root 7.8 -0.77 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Fujita, T., Ohira, K., Miyatake, K., Nakano, Y., Nakayama, M. 1995. Inhibitory Effect of Perillosides A and C, Related Monoterpene Glucosides on Aldose Reductase and Their Structure-Activity Relationships. Chem Pharm Bull, 43(6): 920-926.
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antibacterial 1 (View) Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View) Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 (View) *
Antidandruff 1 (View) A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antiedemic 1 (View) *
Antiestrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant 1 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotrophic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antihepatotoxic 1 (View) *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiinflammatory 3 (View) *
Antileukemic 2 (View) *