Guarana Paullinia cupana Herb SEED IPHYM Kunth.

Guarana Paullinia cupana Herb SEED IPHYM Kunth.

Latin Name: Paullinia cupana Kunth.

Family: Sapindaceae

Common Names: Guarana

Parts used: seeds, grains

Origin: Guarana (Paullinia cupana) is a native shrub of the Brazilian Amazon.

The seed contains Guarana caffeine many (more than 4.5 g per 100 g) - sometimes called guaranine for advertising purposes - but also other alkaloids such as theophylline (0.4 g) and theobromine (0.005 g ).

Properties of guarana seeds

Guarana is a popular herbal medicine plant. It is known for its stimulating effect due to caffeine and probably other substances that could act on the intellectual faculties, including other xanthines such as theobromine.

Indications and uses of guarana seeds

The guarana seed improves concentration, memory, mental calculation.

Guarana is also beneficial in addition to dieting.

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Botanical description of guarana

The red fruit reveals, when ripe, white flesh and seeds.

Pharmacology guarana seeds

Guarana seed contains various alkaloids and precursors such as adenine, caffeine, guanine, hypoxanthine, theophylline, theobromine, xanthine.

Guarana seed also contains other elements: mucilage, pectin, tannins, amino acids, essential fatty acids, minerals (calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, copper, zinc, magnesium), trace elements (selenium, germanium, strontium) and vitamins (A, E, B1, B3 and PP).

This is a psychotropic stimulant, also used in traditional medicine among the natives of South America to cure many ailments (tonic, anti-diarrhea, anti-neuralgic).