{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Pfaffia glomerata-costapppr.jpg |genus = Pfaffia |species = glomerata |authority = (Spreng.) {{ill|Troels Myndel Pedersen|es|lt=Pedersen}} |synonyms = ''Alternanthera glauca''<br/> ''Gomphrena dunaliana''<br/> ''Gomphrena glauca''<br/> ''Gomphrena luzulaeflora''<br/> ''Gomphrena stenophylla''<br/> ''Iresine glomerata''<br/> ''Iresine luzuliflora''<br/> ''Mogiphanes dunaliana''<br/> ''Mogiphanes glauca''<br/> ''Pfaffia divergens''<br/> ''Pfaffia dunaliana''<br/> ''Pfaffia glabrescens''<br/> ''Pfaffia glauca''<br/> ''Pfaffia iresinoides''<br/> ''Pfaffia luzulaeflora''<br/> ''Pfaffia stenophylla''<br/> ''Sertuernera glauca''<br/> ''Sertuernera luzulaeflora'' |synonyms_ref =<ref>[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ROSY ''Pfaffia glomerata''] at {{in lang|es}} [http://www.sib.gov.ar/fichas/flora.aspx?id=Pfaffia%20glomerata&accion=sinonimos Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928104849/http://www.sib.gov.ar/fichas/flora.aspx?id=Pfaffia%20glomerata&accion=sinonimos |date=2007-09-28 }}</ref> }}
'''''Pfaffia glomerata''''' is a medicinal plant<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Marques LC, Galvão SM, Espínola E, etal |title=Psychopharmacological assessment of ''Pfaffia glomerata'' roots (extract BNT-08) in rodents |journal=Phytother Res |volume=18 |issue=7 |pages=566–72 |date=July 2004 |pmid=15305318 |doi=10.1002/ptr.1500 |s2cid=32571617 }}</ref> native to Argentina,<ref>[http://www.sib.gov.ar/fichas/flora.aspx?id=Pfaffia%20glomerata&accion=tecnica ''Pfaffia glomerata''] at [http://www.sib.gov.ar/ Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505063133/http://www.sib.gov.ar/ |date=2012-05-05 }}</ref> Bolivia.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=40&taxon_id=242430068 ''Pfaffia stenophylla''] at [http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=40 Bolivia Checklist on ''www.eFloras.org'']</ref> Cerrado, and Pantanal in Brazil.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Cotrim Ribeiro |first=Susana Tavares |last2=Gancedo |first2=Naiara Cássia |last3=Braz de Oliveira |first3=Arildo José |last4=Correia Gonçalves |first4=Regina Aparecida |date=June 2024 |title=A comprehensive review of Pfaffia glomerata botany, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, biological activities, and biotechnology |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0378874124003027 |journal=Journal of Ethnopharmacology |language=en |volume=328 |article-number=118003 |doi=10.1016/j.jep.2024.118003|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
Pfaffia glomerata is considered an aphrodisiac, potentially due to the presence of β-ecdysone in its roots. This steroid is thought to influence libido.<ref name=":0" />
Pfaffia glomerata contains gallic acid, pfaffic acid, glomeric acid, oleanolic acid, saponins, anthraquinones, tannins, flavonoids, rubrosterone, and ecdysterone, in addition to primary metabolites such as inulin-type fructans and fructooligosaccharides.<ref name=":0" />
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Category:Amaranthaceae Category:Flora of Argentina Category:Flora of Brazil Category:Flora of Bolivia Category:Flora of the Cerrado Category:Medicinal plants of South America
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