Pfaffia glomerata

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

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Order:Caryophyllales

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Pfaffia glomerata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Pfaffia
Species:	P. glomerata
Binomial name
Pfaffia glomerata (Spreng.) Pedersen [es]
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

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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]