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Ptychopetalum olacoides (Olacaceae)

Common Names
Muira Puama
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
LIMONENE 60 Root Essent. Oil 11000.0 -0.94 Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231.
LINALOOL 53 Root Essent. Oil 9000.0 Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231.
LUPEOL 21 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUPEOL 21 Root Ito, Y., Hirayama, F., Aikawa, Y., Kondo, H., Sagara, K., Shoji, J. 1995. Constituents from Muira-Puama (The Roots of Ptychopetalum olacoides). Nat. Med. 49, 4: 487.
MELISSIC-ACID 0 Root Toyota, A., Ninomiya, R., Kobayashi, H., Kawanishi, K., Uhara, Y., Kato, A., Hashimoto, Y. 1979. Studies of Brazilian Crude Drugs. 1. Muira-Puama. Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 33: 57-64.
MONTANIC-ACID 0 Root Toyota, A., Ninomiya, R., Kobayashi, H., Kawanishi, K., Uhara, Y., Kato, A., Hashimoto, Y. 1979. Studies of Brazilian Crude Drugs. 1. Muira-Puama. Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 33: 57-64.
MYRCENE 22 Root Essent. Oil 5000.0 -0.60 Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231.
NONACOSANOIC-ACID 0 Root Toyota, A., Ninomiya, R., Kobayashi, H., Kawanishi, K., Uhara, Y., Kato, A., Hashimoto, Y. 1979. Studies of Brazilian Crude Drugs. 1. Muira-Puama. Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 33: 57-64.
P-CYMENE 16 Root Essent. Oil 5000.0 -0.75 Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231.
PENTACOSANOIC-ACID 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHLOBAPHENE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STIGMAST-4-EN-3-ONE 1 Root Ito, Y., Hirayama, F., Aikawa, Y., Kondo, H., Sagara, K., Shoji, J. 1995. Constituents from Muira-Puama (The Roots of Ptychopetalum olacoides). Nat. Med. 49, 4: 487.
STIGMAST-4-ENE-3,6-DIONE 0 Root Ito, Y., Hirayama, F., Aikawa, Y., Kondo, H., Sagara, K., Shoji, J. 1995. Constituents from Muira-Puama (The Roots of Ptychopetalum olacoides). Nat. Med. 49, 4: 487.
STIGMAST-5-ENE-3-BETA-7-ALPHA-DIOL 1 Root Ito, Y., Hirayama, F., Aikawa, Y., Kondo, H., Sagara, K., Shoji, J. 1995. Constituents from Muira-Puama (The Roots of Ptychopetalum olacoides). Nat. Med. 49, 4: 487.
STIGMASTA-4,22-DIENE-3,6-DIONE 0 Root Ito, Y., Hirayama, F., Aikawa, Y., Kondo, H., Sagara, K., Shoji, J. 1995. Constituents from Muira-Puama (The Roots of Ptychopetalum olacoides). Nat. Med. 49, 4: 487.
STIGMASTA-4-22-DIEN-3-ONE 0 Root Ito, Y., Hirayama, F., Aikawa, Y., Kondo, H., Sagara, K., Shoji, J. 1995. Constituents from Muira-Puama (The Roots of Ptychopetalum olacoides). Nat. Med. 49, 4: 487.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Root Ito, Y., Hirayama, F., Aikawa, Y., Kondo, H., Sagara, K., Shoji, J. 1995. Constituents from Muira-Puama (The Roots of Ptychopetalum olacoides). Nat. Med. 49, 4: 487.
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE 2 Root Essent. Oil 5000.0 -1.38 Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231.
TRICHOSANIC-ACID 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
UNCOSANIC-ACID 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypocholesterolemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 3 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 *
Hypotensive 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypothermic 2 *
Immunomodulator 2 *
Immunostimulant 1 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insect-Repellent 2 *
Insecticide 6 *
Insectifuge 12 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 1 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insulinogenic 1 *
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 *
Irritant 9 *
Juvabional 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide 2 *
Larvistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.