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Common Names
Muira Puama
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 66000.0 | 1.00 | Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231. |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 62000.0 | not available | Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231. |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 8000.0 | not available | Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 29000.0 | not available | Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231. |
| CEROTIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Felcman, J., Braganca, M. L. T. 1988. Chromium in Plants Comparison Between the Concentration of Chromium in Brazilian Nonhypo and Hypoglycemic Plants. Biol. Trace Element Res. 17, 1: 11-16. |
| COUMARIN | 57 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| CUBEBENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 3000.0 | not available | Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 5000.0 | 1.00 | Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231. |
| DOTRIACONTANOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| ELIXENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 51000.0 | not available | Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231. |
| EO | 0 | Wood | not available | 500.0 | -1.35 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ERGOSTA-4-6-8(14)-22-TETRAEN-3-ONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| ERGOSTEROL-PEROXIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| GAMMA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 5000.0 | not available | Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231. |
| HENTRIACONTANOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| HEPTACOSANOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| LIGNOCERIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. |
| Transdermal | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonicide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Trypsin-Enhancer | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93. |
| Tumor-Promoter | 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 | 2 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Verrucolytic | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Vibriocide | 1 | Wealth of India. |