Dracontium loretense Engl. (Araceae), a plant widely distributed in the Peruvian Amazon, is known as „jergón sacha“. The infusion obtained from the corms of D. loretense is traditionally used in the Peruvian folk medicine to enhance immune function and as antiulcer treatment. It is used together with the extract of Uncaria tomentosa by AIDS patients to reinforce their immune system. Additionally, the corm poultice is used to the treatment of cancer [1]. No phytochemical study on D. loretense has been reported, although this plant has shown an upsurge on the international phytotherapeutic market, where it is provided as dried powder, tincture, alcoholic, and aqueous-alcoholic preparations.