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Huacapu Powder Minquartia guianensis1 Pound (16 oz) Buy Now
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Purchase a one pound package of Raintree's sustainably harvested pure huacapu bark powder (Minquartia guianensis) - rich in active and beneficial phytochemicals that occur naturally in this plant. This plant has been milled into a fine powder which is suitable to stuff into capsules or to prepare your own teas, tinctures or extracts. Raintree's huacapu bark has been sustainably wild-harvested in the Peruvian Amazon (without any pesticides or fertilizers). Huacapu is a huge canopy tree that can be found throughout the Amazon rainforest. It can grow up 25 meters high (8 stories high!) with a straight broad trunk up to 120 cm in diameter. Huacapu has a long history of use among the Indians and local people in the Amazon.* To see photographs of huacapu click here.
Traditional Uses:* for viral infections (herpes, hepatitis, etc.); for cancer; for intestinal parasites and worms; as a pain-reliever for rheumatism, arthritis and other muscular pains; as an antiseptic wound healer
For more information about huacapu (Minquartia guianensis), please refer to the Database File for Huacapu in the Tropical Plant Database. For general information on Raintree's available bulk plants and sustainable harvesting practices, please refer to Main Page for Bulk Plants.
This bulk one pound package retails for $24.00.
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Ingredients: 100% pure huacapu bark (Minquartia guianensis). No binders, fillers or additives are used. This plant is non-irradiated and non-fumigated, and has grown naturally in Peruvian Amazon without pesticides or fertilizers.
Suggested Use: This plant is best prepared as a decoction. Use one teaspoon of powder for each cup of water. Bring to a boil and gently boil in a covered pot for 20 minutes. Allow to cool and settle for 10 minutes and strain warm liquid into a cup (leaving the settled powder in the bottom of the pan). It is traditionally taken in 1/2 cup dosages twice daily.
For more complete instructions on preparing herbal decoctions see the Methods for Preparing Herbal Remedies Page.
Contraindications: None reported. Large dosages are reported to have a laxative or purgative effect.
Drug Interactions: None reported.
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Huacapu can be found in these Raintree products:
Huacapu Tech Report -- A Technical Plant Data Report is available for huacapu.
Third-Party Published Research:*
This Raintree product has not been the subject of any clinical research. All available third-party research on huacapu can be found at PubMed.
A partial listing of the published research on huacapu is shown below:
Cytotoxic & Antitumoral Actions:
Marles, R. J., et al. "Isolation of a novel cytotoxic polyacetylene from a traditional anthelmintic medicinal plant, Minquartia guianensis." J. Nat. Prod. 1989; 52(2): 261-266.
Ito, A., et al. "Cytotoxic polyacetylenes from the twigs of Ochanostachys amentacea." J. Nat. Prod. 2001; 64(2): 246-248.
Farnsworth, N. R., et al. "Isolation of a novel cytotoxic polyacetylene from a traditional anthelmintic medicinal plant: Minquartia guianensis Aubl. (Olacaceae)." Abstr International Congress on Natural Products Research Park City, UT July 17-21 1988: Abstr-22.
Quignard, E. L. J., et al. "Screening of plants found in Amazonas state for lethality towards brine shrimp." Acta Amazonica. 2003; 33(1): 93-104.
Quignard, E. L. J., et al. "Medium lethal concentrations of Amazonian plant extracts in the brine shrimp assay." Pharmaceutical Biology. 2004; 42(3): 253-257.
Rasmussem, H. B., et al. "Absolute configuration and antiprotozoal activity of minquartynoic acid." J. Nat. Prod. 2000; 63(9): 1295-1296.
Antiparasitic Actions (malaria & leishmania):
Rasmussem, H. B., et al. "Absolute configuration and antiprotozoal activity of minquartynoic acid." J. Nat. Prod. 2000; 63(9): 1295-1296.
Antimicrobial Actions (virus & bacteria):
Rashid, M. A., et al. "Absolute stereochemistry and anti-HIV activity of minquartynoic acid, a polyacetylene from Ochanostachys amentacea." Nat Prod. Lett. 2001; 15(1): 21-26 .
El-Seedi, H. R., et al. "Triterpenes, lichexanthone and an acetylenic acid from Minquartia guianensis." Phytochemistry. 1994; 35 (5): 1297-1299.
Jovel, E. M., et al. "An ethnobotanical study of the traditional medicine of the Mestizo people of Suni Mirano, Loreto, Peru." J. Ethnopharmacol. 1996; 53: 149-156.
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