# South American — Complete Ingredient Reference

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**Category:** South American
**Total Entries:** 84
**Data Source:** Hermetica Superfoods Ingredient Encyclopedia

## All South American Ingredients

| Ingredient | Evidence | Overview |
|---|---|---|
| [Yerbamate (Ilex paraguariensis)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/yerbamate) | 8/10 | Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) is a South American plant containing high levels of polyphenols (40-176 mg/g) and chlorogenic acids that provide pote |
| [Cinchona (Cinchona officinalis)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/cinchona) | 8/10 | Cinchona officinalis is a South American tree bark containing quinine alkaloids that block sodium channels and interfere with plasmodium parasites. Th |
| [Yerba Maté (Ilex paraguariensis)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/yerba-mat) | 8/10 | Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) contains xanthine alkaloids including caffeine (0.7-1.7%) and high concentrations of polyphenols (178.32 mg/g in extr |
| [Erva Mate (Ilex paraguariensis)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/erva-mate-ilex-paraguariensis) | 8/10 | Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) contains caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline as primary methylxanthines that stimulate the central nervous system |
| [Mate (Ilex paraguariensis)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/mate) | 8/10 | Mate (Ilex paraguariensis) is a South American plant containing high caffeine concentrations (273.5 mg/g) that provides stimulant effects and antioxid |
| [Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/stevia) | 8/10 | Stevia rebaudiana contains steviol glycosides, primarily rebaudioside A and stevioside, which provide intense sweetness without calories. These compou |
| [Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/vanilla) | 6/10 | Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) contains vanillin, a primary phenolic aldehyde, which exhibits potential health benefits. Research indicates vanillin dem |
| [Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/yerba-mate) | 6/10 | Yerba mate contains caffeine (0.7-1.7% dry weight) and polyphenols that provide stimulant effects through adenosine receptor antagonism and antioxidan |
| [Lapacho (Tabebuia impetiginosa)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/lapacho) | 6/10 | Lapacho (Tabebuia impetiginosa) is a South American tree bark containing beta-lapachone and other naphthoquinones that demonstrate antimicrobial and a |
| [Maca (Lepidium meyenii)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/maca) | 6/10 | Maca (Lepidium meyenii) is a Peruvian root vegetable containing bioactive macamides and glucosinolates that may influence hormonal pathways. Despite t |
| [Peumus boldus (Boldo)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/peumus-boldus) | 6/10 | Boldo (Peumus boldus) is a South American medicinal plant containing boldine alkaloids and phenolic compounds like gallic acid that demonstrate antiox |
| [Maca Roja (Red Maca)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/maca-roja-red-maca) | 6/10 | Red maca (Lepidium meyenii) contains glucosinolates and macamides that modulate hormone balance and neurotransmitter activity. This Andean root specif |
| [Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/yacon-smallanthus-sonchifolius) | 6/10 | Yacon root is an Andean tuber containing high concentrations of fructooligosaccharides (FOS) that function as prebiotics to support digestive health.  |
| [Maca Negra (Black Maca)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/maca-negra-black-maca) | 6/10 | Black maca (Lepidium meyenii) contains macamides and macaenes that modulate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis to enhance energy and endurance. T |
| [Maca Amarilla (Yellow Maca)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/maca-amarilla-yellow-maca) | 6/10 | Yellow maca (Lepidium meyenii) contains macamides and glucosinolates that support reproductive health and energy metabolism. It enhances fertility by  |
| [Quebra Pedra (Phyllanthus niruri)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/quebra-pedra-phyllanthus-niruri) | 6/10 | Quebra Pedra (Phyllanthus niruri) contains lignans and flavonoids that inhibit calcium oxalate crystal formation and aggregation in kidneys. The herb' |
| [Lepidium meyenii (Maca)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/lepidium-meyenii) | 6/10 | Maca (Lepidium meyenii) is a Peruvian root vegetable containing macamides and macaenes that support male sexual health through non-hormonal pathways.  |
| [Cayenne Pepper (Capsicum annuum)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/cayenne-pepper) | 6/10 | Cayenne pepper contains capsaicin, which activates TRPV1 receptors to produce its characteristic heat and potential therapeutic effects. The spice pro |
| [Goldenberry (Physalis peruviana)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/goldenberry-physalis-peruviana) | 6/10 | Goldenberry (Physalis peruviana) contains high levels of withanolides and vitamin C, delivering potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. The  |
| [Boldo do Chile (Peumus boldus)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/boldo-do-chile-peumus-boldus) | 6/10 | Boldo (Peumus boldus) is a Chilean herb that supports liver health through its primary alkaloid boldine, which stimulates bile production and enhances |
| [Espinheira Santa (Maytenus ilicifolia)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/espinheira-santa-maytenus-ilicifolia) | 6/10 | Espinheira Santa (Maytenus ilicifolia) is a Brazilian medicinal herb containing tannins that protect gastric mucosa by forming a protective barrier on |
| [Lucuma (Pouteria lucuma)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/lucuma-pouteria-lucuma) | 6/10 | Lucuma (Pouteria lucuma) is an Andean superfruit rich in beta-carotene, vitamin C, and polyphenolic compounds that support cardiovascular and immune h |
| [Rhatany (Krameria lappacea)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/rhatany) | 4/10 | Rhatany (Krameria lappacea) is a South American shrub containing tannins and phenolic compounds with demonstrated antimicrobial properties. The plant' |
| [Lapacho / Pau d'Arco (Tabebuia impetiginosa)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/lapacho-pau-darco-tabebuia-impetiginosa) | 4/10 | Pau d'arco (Tabebuia impetiginosa) contains lapachol and beta-lapachone, naphthoquinone compounds that inhibit topoisomerase enzymes and disrupt cellu |
| [Palo Santo (Bursera graveolens)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/palo-santo) | 4/10 | Palo Santo (Bursera graveolens) contains limonene and α-terpineol as primary bioactive compounds that exhibit antimicrobial and anti-proliferative pro |
| [Carqueja (Baccharis trimera)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/carqueja-baccharis-trimera) | 4/10 | Carqueja (Baccharis trimera) contains flavonoids and diterpenes that stimulate bile production and hepatic detoxification enzymes. This Brazilian herb |
| [Copaiba (Copaifera langsdorffii)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/copaiba-copaifera-langsdorffii) | 4/10 | Copaiba (Copaifera langsdorffii) is a Brazilian tree that produces oleoresin rich in β-caryophyllene, a sesquiterpene that selectively activates CB2 c |
| [Ololiuqui (Turbina corymbosa)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/ololiuqui) | 2/10 | Ololiuqui (Turbina corymbosa) is a morning glory species containing lysergic acid amide (LSA), a psychoactive compound. LSA modulates serotonin 5-HT2A |
| [Damiana (Turnera diffusa)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/damiana) | 2/10 | Damiana (Turnera diffusa) is a Central American shrub whose flavonoids — notably pinocembrin and acacetin — inhibit aromatase activity, the enzyme res |
| [Maqui (Aristotelia chilensis)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/maqui) | 2/10 | Maqui berry (Aristotelia chilensis) is a Chilean fruit exceptionally rich in delphinidins, a class of monomeric anthocyanins that exert potent antioxi |
| [Castor Oil Plant (Ricinus communis)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/castor-oil-plant-ricinus-communis) | 1/10 | Ricinus communis contains ricinoleic acid (up to ~90% of seed oil fatty acids), ricin (a potent ribosome-inactivating protein), ricinine (an alkaloid) |
| [Boldo (Peumus boldus)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/boldo-peumus-boldus) | 1/10 | Boldo leaves contain boldine (0.4–0.5% dry weight), an aporphine alkaloid that scavenges free radicals and confers hepatoprotective and choleretic eff |
| [Coca (Erythroxylum coca)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/coca-erythroxylum-coca) | 1/10 | Coca leaves contain approximately 20 tropane and related alkaloids—principally cocaine (0.13–0.76% dry leaf mass)—which stimulate the central nervous  |
| [Clemón (Thespesia populnea)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/clemón-thespesia-populnea) | 1/10 | Clemón leaf extracts contain 18 polyphenols—prominently gallic acid, catechin, and myricetin—alongside bark-derived gossypol and quercetin, which coll |
| [Box (Buxus sempervirens)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/box-buxus-sempervirens) | 1/10 | Buxus sempervirens contains steroidal alkaloids—principally cyclovirobuxine D, cyclobuxine, buxine, and cyclomicrophyllidine-B—that induce cancer-cell |
| [Khuka Llap'i (Minthostachys acuta)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/khuka-llapi-minthostachys-acuta) | 1/10 | Minthostachys acuta contains pulegone-dominant volatile oils alongside polyphenolics and triterpenes that mediate antioxidant radical scavenging, enzy |
| [Hierba Santa (Piper auritum)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/hierba-santa-piper-auritum) | 1/10 | Hierba Santa (Piper auritum) contains safrole-dominant volatile oils (30–90% of the volatile fraction), alongside flavonoids, terpenoids such as β-car |
| [Malva (Malva parviflora)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/malva-malva-parviflora) | 1/10 | Malva parviflora delivers anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects primarily through phenolic compounds and flavonoids that scavenge free radicals an |
| [Acanthostyles buniifolius (Acanthostyles buniifolius)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/acanthostyles-buniifolius-acanthostyles-buniifolius) | 1/10 | Aerial part extracts of Acanthostyles buniifolius contain a complex sesquiterpene lactone derivative (PubChem CID 14806212) and putative hydroxyanthra |
| [Thespesia populnea (Portia Tree / Milkbark)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/thespesia-populnea-portia-tree-milkbark) | 1/10 | Thespesia populnea leaf extracts contain 18 identified polyphenols—most abundantly gallic acid, catechin, and myricetin—that drive antioxidant activit |
| [Baccharis incarum (Baccharis incarum Wedd.)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/baccharis-incarum-baccharis-incarum-wedd) | 1/10 | Baccharis incarum contains phenolic compounds and flavonoids—including chlorogenic acid and 4',5-dihydroxy-3',3,6,7,8-pentamethoxyflavone—that exert a |
| [Minthostachys acris (Minthostachys acris)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/minthostachys-acris-minthostachys-acris) | 1/10 | Minthostachys acris produces an essential oil dominated by pulegone and related monoterpene ketones that exert bronchodilatory, antimicrobial, and muc |
| [Polypodium leucotomos (Phlebodium aureum)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/polypodium-leucotomos-phlebodium-aureum) | 1/10 | Polypodium leucotomos extract delivers photoprotective effects primarily through phenolic compounds—including chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, ferulic  |
| [Hoja Santa (Piper auritum Kunth)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/hoja-santa-piper-auritum-kunth) | 1/10 | Hoja Santa leaves are dominated by safrole (50–93% of essential oil), a phenylpropanoid that inhibits cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) enzyme activity, th |
| [Asteraceae spp. (Various Asteraceae)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/asteraceae-spp-various-asteraceae) | 1/10 | Asteraceae species deliver anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects primarily through sesquiterpene lactones (STLs), chlorogenic acid derivatives, qu |
| [Chilca (Baccharis latifolia)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/chilca-baccharis-latifolia) | 1/10 | Chilca contains limonene (33.72% of leaf essential oil), flavonoids, gallotannins, and terpenes that exert anti-inflammatory effects primarily through |
| [Romerillo (Acanthostyles buniifolius)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/romerillo-acanthostyles-buniifolius) | 1/10 | Romerillo contains sesquiterpene lactones, flavonoids, and volatile terpenoid compounds in its essential oil that are hypothesized to inhibit pro-infl |
| [Artemisia (Artemisia absinthium)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/artemisia-artemisia-absinthium) | 1/10 | Artemisia absinthium contains sesquiterpene lactones (notably absinthin ~0.2%), β-thujone (17.5–42.3% of essential oil), and polyphenols (quercetin, a |
| [Kunuka (Buddleja coriacea)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/kunuka-buddleja-coriacea) | 1/10 | Buddleja coriacea leaf extracts contain at least three bioactive compounds—including two uncharacterized isolates (Compound 2 and Compound 3) and a pr |
| [Mantamulla (Loasa triloba)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/mantamulla-loasa-triloba) | 1/10 | Mantamulla (Loasa triloba) belongs to the Loasaceae family and is presumed by ethnobotanical tradition to contain phenolic compounds, flavonoids, and  |
| [American Black Nightshade (Solanum americanum)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/american-black-nightshade-solanum-americanum) | 1/10 | American Black Nightshade contains steroidal glycoalkaloids (solanine, solasodine), saponins (uttroside B), and phenolic acids (gallic acid, caffeic a |
| [Calendula (Calendula officinalis)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/calendula-calendula-officinalis) | 1/10 | Calendula officinalis exerts its primary pharmacological effects through flavonoids (notably quercetin at up to 532.7 mg/100g), triterpene glycosides  |
| [Basil (Ocimum basilicum)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/basil-ocimum-basilicum) | 1/10 | Basil's essential oils (0.2–2.65% of herb weight) — principally eugenol, linalool, and rosmarinic acid — exert antispasmodic and digestive effects by  |
| [Chuquiraga (Chuquiraga oppositifolia)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/chuquiraga-chuquiraga-oppositifolia) | 1/10 | Chuquiraga oppositifolia contains sesquiterpene lactones, polyphenols, and flavonoids that scavenge reactive oxygen species and modulate antioxidant e |
| [Chiricaspi (Croton palanostigma)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/chiricaspi-croton-palanostigma) | 1/10 | Chiricaspi contains taspine, clerodane and labdane diterpenoids, proanthocyanidins, and flavonoids such as quercetin that drive its bioactivity throug |
| [Isa (Jatropha curcas)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/isa-jatropha-curcas) | 1/10 | Jatropha curcas contains phorbol esters, diterpenoids (jatrophane alkaloids), phenolics, saponins, and the toxalbumin curcin, which collectively exert |
| [Pari Pari (Equisetum bogotense)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/pari-pari-equisetum-bogotense) | 1/10 | Pari Pari contains nicotine-class alkaloids (palustrine, palustridiene) alongside phenolic compounds and a high silica fraction that collectively cont |
| [Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/mesquite-prosopis-juliflora) | 1/10 | Prosopis juliflora contains piperidine alkaloids—most notably juliprosine and juliprosopine—that exert antiplasmodial activity through dose-dependent  |
| [Damiana (Turnera diffusa)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/damiana-turnera-diffusa) | 1/10 | Damiana leaves contain flavonoids—primarily naringenin and apigenin coumaroyl glucosides—that exert antioxidant effects via DPPH radical scavenging (I |
| [Pau d'Arco (Tabebuia impetiginosa)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/pau-darco-tabebuia-impetiginosa) | 1/10 | Pau d'Arco contains naphthoquinones—primarily lapachol and beta-lapachone—that inhibit microbial DNA/RNA synthesis, downregulate COX-2 and telomerase, |
| [Hongo de Bola (Pisolithus tinctorius)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/hongo-de-bola-pisolithus-tinctorius) | 1/10 | Hongo de Bola contains pisosterol, a lanostane-type triterpene, alongside pisolactone, phenolics pisolithin A/B, and antimicrobial fatty acids that mo |
| [Gordolobo (Verbascum thapsus)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/gordolobo-verbascum-thapsus) | 1/10 | Gordolobo contains flavonoids (apigenin, luteolin, rutin), phenolic acids (caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid), saponins, and mucilaginous compounds that  |
| [Llanten (Plantago lanceolata)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/llanten-plantago-lanceolata) | 1/10 | Llanten contains iridoid glycosides (aucubin up to 4.8%, catalpol 1–2%) and phenylethanoid glycosides (acteoside up to 7.1%) that suppress inflammatio |
| [Cinchona pubescens (Cinchona pubescens Vahl.)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/cinchona-pubescens-cinchona-pubescens-vahl) | 1/10 | Cinchona pubescens stem bark contains quinoline alkaloids—principally quinine, quinidine, cinchonine, and cinchonidine—which inhibit heme detoxificati |
| [Sangre del Drago (Croton lechleri)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/sangre-del-drago-croton-lechleri) | 1/10 | Sangre del Drago latex contains proanthocyanidins exceeding 90% of dry weight alongside the protoalkaloid taspine (mean ~9%), which together drive wou |
| [Cascarilla (Cinchona officinalis)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/cascarilla-cinchona-officinalis) | 1/10 | Cinchona officinalis bark contains quinoline alkaloids—primarily quinine, quinidine, cinchonine, and cinchonidine—that exert antimalarial activity by  |
| [Achyrocline (Achyrocline satureioides)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/achyrocline-achyrocline-satureioides) | 1/10 | Achyrocline satureioides contains flavonoids — principally quercetin, 3-O-methylquercetin, luteolin, and achyrobichalcone — that suppress neutrophil-m |
| [Calaguala (Polypodium leucotomos)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/calaguala-polypodium-leucotomos) | 1/10 | Calaguala extract delivers a concentrated matrix of phenolic acids—chiefly caffeic acid, ferulic acid, chlorogenic acid, and coumaric acid—that scaven |
| [Huitlacoche (Ustilago maydis)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/huitlacoche-ustilago-maydis) | 1/10 | Huitlacoche contains phenolic compounds, beta-glucans, novel ustilagol glycolipids (A–G), and DIMBOA, which exert antioxidant, immunomodulatory, and a |
| [Baccharis (Baccharis dracunculifolia)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/baccharis-baccharis-dracunculifolia) | 1/10 | Baccharis dracunculifolia contains artepillin C, baccarin, (E)-nerolidol, β-pinene, and p-coumaric acid as primary bioactives, exerting antioxidant, a |
| [Gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/gliricidia-gliricidia-sepium) | 1/10 | Gliricidia sepium contains flavonoids (quercetin, kaempferol, apigenin glycosides), tannins, alkaloids, saponins (soyasaponin I and III), and phenolic |
| [Manzanilla (Matricaria recutita)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/manzanilla-matricaria-recutita) | 1/10 | Manzanilla (Matricaria recutita) contains the flavonoid apigenin, the sesquiterpenes α-bisabolol and chamazulene, and essential oil constituents that  |
| [Eucalipto (Eucalyptus spp.)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/eucalipto-eucalyptus-spp) | 1/10 | Eucalyptus leaves are dominated by 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol), a cyclic ether comprising up to 67% of the essential oil, which exerts antimicrobial effe |
| [Belladonna (Atropa belladonna)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/belladonna-atropa-belladonna) | 1/10 | Belladonna contains tropane alkaloids atropine and scopolamine—reaching up to 46.7 mg/g and 8.74 mg/g in fruit respectively—which act as competitive a |
| [Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/quinoa-chenopodium-quinoa) | 1/10 | Quinoa seeds contain flavonol glycosides (quercetin and kaempferol derivatives at ~0.84 mg/g), saponins (up to 2710 mg/100g), phytoecdysteroids, squal |
| [Pacha Kunuku (Tagetes sp., likely Tagetes erecta)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/pacha-kunuku-tagetes-sp-likely-tagetes-erecta) | 1/10 | Pacha Kunuku (Tagetes erecta) contains phenolic compounds including gallic acid (up to 109 mg/g), flavonoids such as quercetin (up to 11.74 mg/g), and |
| [Totumo (Annona montana)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/totumo-annona-montana) | 1/10 | Annona montana seeds contain at least 25 acetogenin-like compounds alongside linoleic acid (37%), α-tocopherol, β-sitosterol, and phenolic constituent |
| [Perejil del Cerro (Apeiba tibourbou)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/perejil-del-cerro-apeiba-tibourbou) | 1/10 | Perejil del Cerro leaf extracts contain the phenolic compounds caffeic acid (approximately 0.04% yield under optimized extraction) and rosmarinic acid |
| [Estoraque (Myrica pubescens)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/estoraque-myrica-pubescens) | 1/10 | Estoraque (Myrica pubescens) contains terpenoids including myricanol and myricanone, alongside flavonoids such as myricetin and myricitrin, which exer |
| [Muña (Minthostachys mollis)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/muña-minthostachys-mollis) | 1/10 | Muña's essential oil contains monoterpenes—principally menthone (13.2%), pulegone (12.4%), cis-dihydrocarvone (9.8%), and carvacrol acetate (8.8%)—tha |
| [Copalchi (Hintonia latiflora)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/copalchi-hintonia-latiflora) | 1/10 | Copalchi contains 4-phenylcoumarins and chlorogenic acid that inhibit α-glucosidase enzymes and modulate postprandial glucose absorption to produce hy |
| [Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/cocklebur-xanthium-strumarium) | 1/10 | Xanthium strumarium contains sesquiterpenoids, phenylpropanoids, and flavonoids—including cirsilineol and structurally unique benzofuran-acrylaldehyde |
| [Colombian Coca (Erythroxylum novogranatense)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/colombian-coca-erythroxylum-novogranatense) | 1/10 | Erythroxylum novogranatense leaves contain tropane alkaloids—predominantly cocaine at 0.13–0.76% dry mass—which act as potent monoamine reuptake inhib |
| [Estafiate (Artemisia ludoviciana)](https://ingredients.hermeticasuperfoods.com/ingredients/estafiate-artemisia-ludoviciana) | 1/10 | Estafiate contains sesquiterpene lactones (principally estafiatin), monoterpenes (camphor, 1,8-cineole), and flavonoids (eupatilin, jaceosidin) that c |

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