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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 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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Suppurative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 1 Duke, 1992 *