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. 2017 Jan 17;2017:8350320. doi: 10.1155/2017/8350320

Table 2.

Major metabolites of Copaifera used in traditional Amazon medicine.

Species Medical use Part Major metabolites References
Copaifera sp. Treatment of injury/wound Oil; tea Copalic acid; kaurenoic acid; hardwickiic acid Pinto, 2008 [11];
Santos et al., 2008 [10]

C. multijuga Healing Stalk (decoction) Copalic acid; hardwickiic acid Center of the Workers of the Amazon (CTA), 1996 [12];
Santos et al., 2008 [10]

C. guyanensis Healing Stalk: oil Kaur-16-en-19-oic acid; polyalthic acid; hardwickiic acid Veiga Jr. and Pinto, 2002 [13];
Cascon and Gilbert, 2000 [14]

C. officinalis (Jacq.) L. Healing and leishmaniasis Stalk: oil Center of the Workers of the Amazon (CTA), 1996 [12]

C. reticulata Healing Oil: oil Copalic acid; kaurenoic acid Santos et al., 2008 [10]