Plant Vitellaria paradoxa (Sapotaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Butterseed, Shea Nut, Shea-Butter-Tree, Sheatree, Shea

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
24-METHYLENE-DAMMARENOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Itoh, O., Uetsuki, T., Tamura, T., Matsumoto, A. 1980. Characterization of Triterpene Alcohols of Seed Oils From Some Species of Theaceae, Phytolaccaceae and Sapotaceae. Lipids 15 6: 407-411.
24-METHYLENE-LANOST-9(11)-EN-3-BETA-OL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Itoh, T., Tamura, T., Matsumoto, T. 1975. 24-methylenelanost-9(11)-en-3-beta-ol, New Triterpene Alcohol From Shea Butter. Lipids 10: 454.
ALLANTOIN	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRENONE	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Kolhe, J. N., Bhaskar, A., Brongi, N. V. 1982. Occurrence of 3-oxo Triterpenes in the Unsaponifiable Matter of Some Vegetable Fats. Lipids 17: 166-168.
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Itoh, O., Uetsuki, T., Tamura, T., Matsumoto, A. 1980. Characterization of Triterpene Alcohols of Seed Oils From Some Species of Theaceae, Phytolaccaceae and Sapotaceae. Lipids 15 6: 407-411.
ARGININE	14	Seed	not available	5985.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	18000.0	-0.90	Duke, 1992 *
BASSEOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRENONE	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Kolhe, J. N., Bhaskar, A., Brongi, N. V. 1982. Occurrence of 3-oxo Triterpenes in the Unsaponifiable Matter of Some Vegetable Fats. Lipids 17: 166-168.
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Itoh, O., Uetsuki, T., Tamura, T., Matsumoto, A. 1980. Characterization of Triterpene Alcohols of Seed Oils From Some Species of Theaceae, Phytolaccaceae and Sapotaceae. Lipids 15 6: 407-411.
BUTYROSPERMENONE	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Kolhe, J. N., Bhaskar, A., Brongi, N. V. 1982. Occurrence of 3-oxo Triterpenes in the Unsaponifiable Matter of Some Vegetable Fats. Lipids 17: 166-168.
BUTYROSPERMOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Itoh, O., Uetsuki, T., Tamura, T., Matsumoto, A. 1980. Characterization of Triterpene Alcohols of Seed Oils From Some Species of Theaceae, Phytolaccaceae and Sapotaceae. Lipids 15 6: 407-411.
CALCIUM	28	Seed	not available	1070.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	not available	382000.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	not available	730.0	-1.68	Duke, 1992 *
DAMMARADIENOL	3	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Itoh, O., Uetsuki, T., Tamura, T., Matsumoto, A. 1980. Characterization of Triterpene Alcohols of Seed Oils From Some Species of Theaceae, Phytolaccaceae and Sapotaceae. Lipids 15 6: 407-411.
EUPHOL	1	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Itoh, O., Uetsuki, T., Tamura, T., Matsumoto, A. 1980. Characterization of Triterpene Alcohols of Seed Oils From Some Species of Theaceae, Phytolaccaceae and Sapotaceae. Lipids 15 6: 407-411.
FAT	0	Seed	not available	526000.0	1.37	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient)	Singla*, A.K. Pathak, K. 1989. Phytoconstituents of Euphorbia species. Fitoterapia 61(6): 483-508, 1990.
Adjuvant	1 (View Chemicals list for Adjuvant)	Merck 11th Edition
Allergenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	4 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic)	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anemiagenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anemiagenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1 (View Chemicals list for Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne)	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	1 (View Chemicals list for AntiADD)	Martindale's 29th
Antiakathisic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiakathisic)	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antialcoholic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiallergic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	3 (View Chemicals list for Antialopecic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1 (View Chemicals list for Antialzheimeran)	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antianaphylactic)	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	3 (View Chemicals list for Antiandrogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antianemic)	Martindale's 29th
Antiangiogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiangiogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antianorectic)	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.