Pfaffia glomerata
| Pfaffia glomerata | |
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| File:Pfaffia glomerata-costapppr.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Pfaffia |
| Species: | P. glomerata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pfaffia glomerata | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Alternanthera glauca | |
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]
References
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- ^ Pfaffia glomerata at (in Spanish) Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ Pfaffia glomerata at Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pfaffia stenophylla at Bolivia Checklist on www.eFloras.org
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