Bibliography on Xylopia frutescens

Xylopia frutescens, known as Malaquete or Malaqueta in Guatemala is an evergreen tree with a longish, spreading crown and horizontal branches, it can reach grows 8 meters tall. The tree is harvested as a source of food, the fruits are aromatic and can be used as a condiment. It also has medical uses for local people for catarrhal infections, dental cavities, stomach complaints, and other treatments. Some research listed in this bibliography suggest that the plant has antitumour and anti-viral properties.

The flowers of Malaqueta have a heavenly aroma. The mature seeds have a great taste of the material around the seed (you don’t eat the seeds themselves, just the material around them). Standley and Steyermark say that in Honduras oil from the seeds is used as a hair tonic (1946: 294). And the trees (sadly, if chopped down) can be used for house construction in rural areas. Ethnobotanist Cyrus Lundell (1938) mentions the use of the wood as house poles and as poles to use instead of paddles to move dugout canoes in shallow water. He does not mention this tree as having any edible or medicinal part. But local people in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, have told us about the edible aspects.

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Malagueta or malaqueta, Xylopia frutescens. Photo by Nicholas Hellmuth at Aldea Buena Vista, Tapon Creek. Photo taken on the 4th of July, 2021.

PDF, Articles, Books on Xylopia frutescens

De SOUZA, L., De CARVALHO, A. C. CABRAL, L., VASCONCELOS, L. H. C., CORREIRA, M, De OLIVEIRA, V. C., FECHINE J., PAREDES, E. J., De ANDRADE, F. and Bagnólia ARAÚJO
2015
Essential oil from Xylopia frutescens Aubl. reduces cytosolic calcium levels on guinea pig ileum: mechanism underlying its spasmolytic potential. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 15: 327

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https://bmccomplementmedtherapies.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12906-015-0849-3

BARBOSA, W., CAETANO-Da Silva, J., SILVA-Araujo, M. G., LOPES-da Silva A. L., CHAVES-Vasconcelos, T. L., CABRAL-Dos Santos, K. M., De ASSIS-Bastos, M. L., SALES-Santos Verissimo, R. C. and T. H. LINS-Bernardo
2016
Biological potential of plant species Xylopia frutescens: An integrative review. Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, Vol. 8, No. 7, pages 794-800

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https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4a20/555066eec3e5d29db0651dc00f3d7b2f339a.pdf?_ga=2.23491645.605000874.1579972875-778666683.1573655941

FERRAZ, Rosana P. C., CARDOSO, Gabriela M. B., Da SILVA, Thanany B., Do N. Fotes, José Eraldo, Do N. Prata, Ana Paula, CARVALHO, Adriana A., MORASES, Manoel O., PESSOA, Claudia, COSTA, Emmanoel V. and BEZERRA, Daniel P.
2013
Antitumour properties of the leaf essential oil of Xylopia frutescens Aubl. (Annonaceae). Food Chemistry Vo. 141, pages 196-200

Available Online:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030881461300277X

MATSUE, L., LIM, Y. HATTORI, M. CORREA, M. and M. GUPTA
1998
A search for anti-viral properties in Panamanian medicinal plants. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 64(1), 15–22. doi:10.1016/s0378-8741(98)00099-3

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www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378874198000993

MOREIRA, Isabel C., ROQUE, Nidia F., VILEGAS, Wagner, ZALEWSKI, Cynthia A., LAGO, João Henrique G. and Mariko FUNASAKI
2013
Genus Xylopia (Annonaceae): Chemical and Biological Aspects. Chemistry and Biodiversity, Vol. 10.

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www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/genus-xylopia-annonaceae-chemical-and-biological-aspects-jx0lfToVft

SENA Filho, José G., DURINGER, Jennifer M., CRAIG, A. Morrie, SCHULER Alexandre R. P. and Haroudo S. Xavier
2008
Preliminary Phytochemical Profile and Characterization of the Extract from the Fruits of Xylopia frutescens Aubl. (Annonaceae). Journal of Essential Oil Research, Vol. 20

Available Online:
www.researchgate.net/publication/230705106_Preliminary_Phytochemical_Profile_and_Characterization_of_the_Extract_from_the_Fruits_of_Xylopia_frutescens_Aubl_Annonaceae

JENETT-Siems, Kristina, MOCKENHAUPT, Frank P., BIENZLE, Ulrich, GUPTA, Mahabir P. and Eckart EICH
2002
In vitro antiplasmodial activity of Central American medicinal plants. Tropical Medicine & International HealthVolume 4, Issue 9

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00456.x