Abuta is a plant from the Amazon forest. Locals use it as a tonic and for several health conditions. Abuta is used South America to prevent a threatened miscarriage and to stop uterine hemorrhages after childbirth. 

Abuta antioxidants and substances
Abuta has antioxidant properties and can help the body maintain antioxidant enzyme levels of superoxide dismutase and catalase. Abuta contains numerous compounds including a chalcone-flavone dimer named cissampeloflavone, alkaloids such as hayatinin methochloride, Pareirubrines A and B, grandirubrine, isoimerubrine, and cissampareine.

Abuta research
No human research with abuta root or vine could be found as of March 2008.

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Availability of abuta herb
Abuta is sold either in capsules or as a liquid extract.

Abuta species
I've seen abuta advertised by a raw material supplier as Abuta (Abuta grandifolia Sandw.). I am not sure how different abuta gradifolia is from cissampelos pareira.

Abuta research
Antifertility activity of the methanolic leaf extract of Cissampelos pareira in female albino mice.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2007 May. Department of Chemistry, Cotton College, Guwahati 781001, Assam, India.
Meenakshi Cissampelos pareira Linn. is one of the folk medicinal plants commonly used as antifertility agent in some places of India. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the validity of the antifertility effect of the leaf extract. Cissampelos pareira leaf extract, when administered orally, altered the estrous cycle pattern in female mice, prolonged the length of estrous cycle with significant increase in the duration of diestrus stage and reduced significantly the number of litters in albino mice. The plant extract altered gonadotropin release (LH, FSH and prolactin) and estradiol secretion.

Abuta emails
Q. Can abuta herb be taken the same day as yohimbe bark extract?
   A. We don't know for sure, but yohimbe bark is potent and care must be taken to use a small amount only and not to mix it with other herbs if possible, particularly in high doses.

This abuta page was last updated March 2008.

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