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 |
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LIMONENE | 60 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 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 | not available | 9000.0 | not available | Uber Bucek, E., Fournier, G., Dadoun, H. 1987. Volatile Constituents of Ptychopetalum olacoides Root Oil. Planta Med. 53, 2: 231. |
LUPEOL | 21 | 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. |
LUPEOL | 21 | 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. |
MELISSIC-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. |
MONTANIC-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. |
MYRCENE | 22 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 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 | 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. |
P-CYMENE | 16 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 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 | 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. |
PHLOBAPHENE | 0 | 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. |
STIGMAST-4-EN-3-ONE | 1 | 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. |
STIGMAST-4-ENE-3,6-DIONE | 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. |
STIGMAST-5-ENE-3-BETA-7-ALPHA-DIOL | 1 | 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. |
STIGMASTA-4,22-DIENE-3,6-DIONE | 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. |
STIGMASTA-4-22-DIEN-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. |
STIGMASTEROL | 12 | 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. |
TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE | 2 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 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 | 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. |
UNCOSANIC-ACID | 0 | 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 |
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CNS-Stimulant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
CNS-Toxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Coleoptophile | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Convulsant | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
Cosmetic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Counterirritant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
COX-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
COX-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Culicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima. |
Cytotoxic | 3 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
Decongestant | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
Deliriant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
Dermatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
DME-Inhibitor | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134. |
Ecbolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Emetic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |