Nobre Lamarão Maria Louze, Ferreira Lindalva Maria de Meneses Costa, Gyles Lynch Desireé, Morais Luiz Roberto Barbosa, Silva-Júnior José Otávio Carréra, Ribeiro-Costa Roseane Maria
Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, College of Pharmacy, Federal University of Pará, Belém 66075-110, Pará, Brazil.
School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Technology, 237 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6, Jamaica.
Plants (Basel). 2023 Mar 15;12(6):1330. doi: 10.3390/plants12061330.
Pracaxi ( (Willd.) Kuntze) is an Amazonian plant, traditionally used by the native population to treat health disorders such as inflammation, erysipelas, wound healing, muscle pain, ear pain, diarrhea, snake and insect bites as well as for cancer treatment. Other common uses include using the oil for frying, skin and hair beautification, and as an alternative source of energy. This review is focused on highlighting its taxonomy, occurrence and botanical origins, popular uses, pharmacology and biological activities, cytotoxicity, biofuel activity and phytochemistry in order to explore future therapeutic use and other applications. Pracaxi contains triterpene saponins, sterols, tannins, oleanolic acid, unsaturated fatty acids and long-chain fatty acids, with a high behenic acid value, which may serve for incorporation into drug delivery systems as well for the development of new drugs. These components are correlated with its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, healing, anti-hemolytic, anti-hemorrhagic, antiophidic, and larvicidal activities against and , which ratify the popular/traditional uses. The species is nitrogen fixing; it is easy to propagate in floodplains and the terra firma, and it can be used for the reforestation of degraded areas. Additionally, the oil extracted from the seeds can leverage the bioeconomy of the region based on sustainable exploration.
普拉卡希（(Willd.) Kuntze）是一种亚马逊植物，当地居民传统上用它来治疗各种健康问题，如炎症、丹毒、伤口愈合、肌肉疼痛、耳痛、腹泻、蛇虫叮咬以及用于癌症治疗。其他常见用途包括用其油来煎炸、用于皮肤和头发美容以及作为替代能源。这篇综述着重强调其分类学、分布及植物起源、常见用途、药理学和生物活性、细胞毒性、生物燃料活性以及植物化学，以探索其未来的治疗用途和其他应用。普拉卡希含有三萜皂苷、甾醇、单宁、齐墩果酸、不饱和脂肪酸和长链脂肪酸，其中山嵛酸含量很高，这可能有助于将其纳入药物递送系统以及开发新药。这些成分与其抗炎、抗菌、愈合、抗溶血、抗出血、抗蛇毒和杀幼虫活性相关，证实了其常见/传统用途。该物种具有固氮作用；它易于在洪泛区和高地繁殖，可用于退化地区的重新造林。此外，从种子中提取的油可以基于可持续开发促进该地区的生物经济发展。
