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Common Names
Butterseed; Shea Nut; Shea-Butter-Tree; Sheatree; Shea
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | not available | 2115.0 | -1.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | not available | 430.0 | -1.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | not available | 290.0 | -0.57 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 73000.0 | -1.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL | 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. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 215660.0 | 233020.0 | 4.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed Oil | not available | 459000.0 | 2.82 | Adomako, D. 1977. Fatty Acid Composition and Characteristics of Pentadesma Butyracea Fat Extracted From Ghana Seeds. J. Sci. Food Agr. 28: 384-386. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | not available | 10.0 | -0.52 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| TARAXASTEROL | 2 | 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. |
| TARAXEROL | 2 | 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. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | not available | 5.6 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIRUCALLA-7-24-DIEN-3-BETA-OL | 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. |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | not available | 800.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | not available | 1020.0 | -1.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihomocystinuric | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihyperglycemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihyperkinetic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 4 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Antiimpotence | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinfertility | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinsomniac | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antileukotriene-D4 | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilithic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiLyme | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 1 | 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 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimenopausal | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimenorrhagic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimigraine | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |