Pfaffia glomerata

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Pfaffia glomerata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Pfaffia
Species:
P. glomerata
Binomial name
Pfaffia glomerata
Synonyms [1]

Alternanthera glauca
Gomphrena dunaliana
Gomphrena glauca
Gomphrena luzulaeflora
Gomphrena stenophylla
Iresine glomerata
Iresine luzuliflora
Mogiphanes dunaliana
Mogiphanes glauca
Pfaffia divergens
Pfaffia dunaliana
Pfaffia glabrescens
Pfaffia glauca
Pfaffia iresinoides
Pfaffia luzulaeflora
Pfaffia stenophylla
Sertuernera glauca
Sertuernera luzulaeflora

Pfaffia glomerata is a medicinal plant [2] native to Argentina, [3] Bolivia. [4] Cerrado, and Pantanal in Brazil. [5]

Pfaffia glomerata is considered an aphrodisiac, potentially due to the presence of β-ecdysone in its roots. This steroid is thought to influence libido. [5]

Pfaffia glomerata contains gallic acid, pfaffic acid, glomeric acid, oleanolic acid, saponins, anthraquinones, tannins, flavonoids, rubrosterone, and ecdysterone, in addition to primary metabolites such as inulin-type fructans and fructooligosaccharides. [5]

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References

  1. Pfaffia glomerata at (in Spanish) Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Marques LC, Galvão SM, Espínola E, et al. (July 2004). "Psychopharmacological assessment of Pfaffia glomerata roots (extract BNT-08) in rodents". Phytother Res. 18 (7): 566–72. doi:10.1002/ptr.1500. PMID   15305318. S2CID   32571617.
  3. Pfaffia glomerata at Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Pfaffia stenophylla at Bolivia Checklist on www.eFloras.org
  5. 1 2 3 Cotrim Ribeiro, Susana Tavares; Gancedo, Naiara Cássia; Braz de Oliveira, Arildo José; Correia Gonçalves, Regina Aparecida (June 2024). "A comprehensive review of Pfaffia glomerata botany, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, biological activities, and biotechnology". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 328: 118003. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2024.118003.