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

Common Names
Butterseed; Shea Nut; Shea-Butter-Tree; Sheatree; Shea
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
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 2115.0 -1.13 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 430.0 -1.30 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed 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 73000.0 -1.43 *
PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL 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.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 215660.0 233020.0 4.49 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed Oil 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 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 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 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 5.6 -0.23 *
TIRUCALLA-7-24-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 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.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 800.0 -0.86 *
VALINE 3 Seed 1020.0 -1.35 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiradicular 1 *
Antirheumatic 3 *
Antiscoliotic 1 *
Antisecretory 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antisickling 1 *
Antistress 1 *
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor 3 *
Antiulcer 5 *
Antiurethrotic 1 *
Antiviral 3 *
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic 2 *
Aphrodisiac 1 *
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Beta-Blocker 1 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 6 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic 2 Science News, 146: 421.