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Common Names
Suma; Pfaffia
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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 | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 3-ACETOXYPFAFFIC-ACID-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ALLANTOIN | 12 | Root | not available | 1.3 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ECDYSONE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| BETA-ECDYSONE | 2 | Root | not available | 6325.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | 7.8 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Root | not available | 12.8 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PFAFFIC-ACID | 0 | Root | 10.0 | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PFAFFIC-ACID-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| PFAFFOSIDE-A | 0 | Root | not available | 4.7 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PFAFFOSIDE-B | 0 | Root | not available | 9.4 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PFAFFOSIDE-C | 0 | Root | not available | 1.9 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PFAFFOSIDE-D | 0 | Root | 7.8 | 70.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PFAFFOSIDE-E | 0 | Root | 10.0 | 90.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PFAFFOSIDE-F | 0 | Root | 1.1 | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PFAFFOSIDES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| POLYPODINE-B | 0 | Root | not available | 195.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | not available | 7.8 | -0.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Apoptotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemicide | 2 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Cancer-Preventive | 2 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 1 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Caspase-8-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hepatoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypoglycemic | 2 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Keratolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Lipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Sunscreen | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |