Abstract
Petiveira alliacea L. is a perennial shrub from the Phytolaccaceae family, it is a medicinal plant found in Latin America, which grows in tropical regions of the South and Center continent, the Caribbean, and Africa. This species is popularly known as "guinea", "mucuracaá" and "pipi", being used in folk medicine in antirheumatic treatment, as an analgesic, and for the treatment of respira…