guayusa TECHNICAL DATA (Ilex guayusa)
Kingdom: Plantae.
Division: Magnoliophyta.
Class: Magnoliopsida.
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Gender: Ilex
Species: Ilex.
guayusa
The guayusa (Ilex guayusa) is the name of a shrub medicinal aromatic the same kind of holly, native Peruvian Amazon is related, albeit distant, to boil mate. The leaves have the highest concentration of caffeine of all known plants.
is a very large tree branched. The leaves of 15 cm. long and up to 7 cm. wide, toothed, leathery, entire, elliptical and acute basis. The petiole short. Chalice with four or five lobes. The result is globular.
The guayusa is a perennial plant, harvest only the leaves which is Raima (d withdrawal leaves its branches), then it tends to dry their leaves on the plant begins to produce new leaves.
guayusa sheets are considered stimulants and medicinal tonic, used by the Jivaro of the Upper Amazon from time immemorial, for many healing purposes: kidney pain, malarial fevers, nervine, digestive and anti-diabetic. In Colombia it is recommended as a booster of the blood and stimulating to regulate problems of insomnia and regulating menstruation.
In Ecuador guayusa experiment in cooking causes immediate reduction of the glycemic index and glucosúrico in diabetics.
In Peru in the north equatorial used dried or fresh leaves and boiled for several minutes as a nutritional supplement replacing ordinary fluids and as protector of the prostate and kidneys having experience of removal of kidney stones.
guayusa photochemical study. Results of the study
photochemical guayusa by the laboratory of the Regional Government of Cajamarca.
After stabilization of the plant is extracted and with increasing polarity solvents, concentrated change in pH, separating and purifying the phytoconstituents present in the plant, which proceeded to the identification of secondary metabolites, resulting from photochemical analysis showed the presence of:
v tannins derived from catenol. V
Steroids.
v Quinones. V
type alkaloids caffeine. V
Saponins. V
Flavonoids. V
essential oils. V
Triterpenes.
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