INTEQUI 20941
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN TECNOLOGIA QUIMICA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Choleretic Activity of five species of Baccharis known Carquejas used as phytotherapics in Argentinean traditional medicine
Autor/es:
DIEGO A. CIFUENTE, JOSÉ C. GIANELLO, ALEJANDRA O.M. MARÍA, ELISA M. PETENATTI, MARTA M. PETENATTI, LUIS A. DEL VITTO AND CARLOS E. TONN
Revista:
ACTA FARM. BONAERENSE
Editorial:
COLEGIO FARMACEUTICOS PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
Referencias:
Lugar: Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires; Año: 2009
ISSN:
0326-2383
Resumen:
Baccharis species known as carquejas are used in Argentinean folk medicine as phytotherapics. B. crispa, B. articulata, B. trimera, B. sagittalis and B. triangularis have been evaluated for their choleretic activity using Wistar rats. B. sagittalis and B. triangularis showed a significant choleretic activity (bile flow of 1.631 ± 0.089 and 1.598 ± 0.196 ml/min/g liver, respectively). B. crispa, B. trimera showed moderate activity and B. articulata exhibited the same choleretic property that the control. Only, B. articulata and B. crispa are informed as official drugs in the Argentinean Pharmacopoeia. In addition, phytochemical constituents and botanical characters are reported
