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Plant Vitellaria paradoxa (Sapotaceae)

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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
24-METHYLENE-DAMMARENOL 0 Seed Oil 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 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 *
ALPHA-AMYRENONE 0 Seed Oil 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 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Seed Oil 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 5985.0 -0.79 *
ASH 0 Seed 18000.0 -0.90 *
BASSEOL 0 Plant *
BETA-AMYRENONE 0 Seed Oil 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 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Seed Oil 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 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 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 1070.0 -0.57 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 382000.0 -0.56 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 730.0 -1.68 *
DAMMARADIENOL 3 Seed Oil 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 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 526000.0 1.37 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihomocystinuric 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antihyperglycemic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperkinetic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 4 (View) J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Antiimpotence 1 (View) *
Antiinfertility 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 8 (View) *
Antiinsomniac 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antileukotriene-D4 2 (View) *
Antilithic 1 (View) *
AntiLyme 1 (View) *
Antimalarial 1 (View) Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimanic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimenopausal 2 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimigraine 2 (View) *
AntiMS 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimyocarditic 1 (View) *
Antineuralgic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurasthenic 1 (View) *