Partial relief of the argentinian northwest plants used in folk medicine

QUIROGA, E.N.; SOBERÓN, J.R.; JAIME, G.S.; SAMPIETRO, A.R.; SGARIGLIA, M.A.; MARTINEZ ARRIAZU, M.E.; VATTUONE, M.A.

Tucumán (Argentina)

Congreso; XXI Annual Meeting of Tucuman Biology Society; 2005

Tucuman Biology Society (publicado en Bio Cell 29 (1), 92, 2005)

Argentinian northwest has different phytogeographic regions with an abundant flora. People use plants from these areas as medicinal. They prepare infusions, decoctions or tinctures from the whole plants or from their parts, according to popular uses, sometimes as pill or capsules for internal use, sometimes as poultices or unguents for external aplication. The aim of this work is the compilation, botanical classification, ethnobotanical uses and pharmacologic applications of plant from the northwest of Argentina. We show the results of 47 vegetal studied species. Some of them are used individually and another ones are used as mix. This relief contributes to the knowledge of the species used as medicinal in the argentinian northwest.