PARTE UTILIZADA= Used part: Hojas.

ACCION FARMACOLOGICA= Pharmacological action: Medicinal, anticonceptivo (hojas).

ZONA GEOGRAFICA= Geografical zone: América y NO y NE de Argentina. 

DIVERSIDAD GENÉTICA Y MEJORAMIENTO DE PLANTAS MEDICINALES= Medicinal plants and improvement of medicinal herbs:

Extracts (aqueous, methanol and dichloromethane) from Ambrosia tenuifolia, Aristolochia triangularis, Baccharis tucumanensis, Campyloneuron phyllitidis and Eupatorium christieanum were screened for antiinflammatory activity. On the croton oil induced mouse ear oedema test, the highest activities were exhibited by dichloromethane extracts assayed, especially those of Baccharis tucumanensis and Campyloneuron phyllitidis. On the carrageenan mouse paw oedema test, Baccharis tucumanensis and Campyloneuron phyllitidis showed the highest activity.

1) TOURSARKISSIAN, Martín. Plantas medicinales de Argentina : sus nombres botánicos, vulgares, usos y distribución geográfica. Buenos Aires : Hemisferio Sur,1980, p.104 .

2) Muschietti, L., et al. The antiinflammatory effect of some species from South America. Phytotherapy Research. 1996, vol.10, nº1, p.84-86.