Raintree Nutrition's Concentrated Huacapu Extract uses new and proprietary extraction methods to concentrate and preserve the active ingredients found in this wonderful
plant. Concentration and extraction methods provide the equivalent of 500 mg huacapu bark (Minquartia guianensis) per milliliter of extract. 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 learn more about this wonderful rainforest plant, go to theTropical Plant Database file on Huacapu.
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
Ingredients: 100% pure huacapu (Minquartia guianensis) extracted in distilled water and alcohol. No binders, fillers or additives are used. It is a wild harvested product - grown naturally in the Peruvian Amazon without any pesticides or fertilizers.
Suggested Use: Take 60 drops 2 - 3 times daily or as needed. Can also be used externally by applying to the skin twice daily and letting dry completely.
Contraindications: None known. Large dosages are reported to have a laxative or purgative effect.
Drug Interactions: None known.
A 2 ounce bottle is $23.00 each
Or buy 3 bottles for $22.00 each
Or buy 6 bottles for $20.00 each
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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Huacapu Tech Report -- A Technical Plant Data Report is available for huacapu.
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