PARTE UTILIZADA= Used part: Partes aéreas.

ACCION FARMACOLOGICA= Pharmacological action: Estomáquico, tóxico.

COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA= Chemical composition: From the trunk bark of Strychnos brasiliensis (Spreng.) Mart., spermostrychnine (I) and six new indoline alkaloids have been isolated and their structures and configurations determined. They were named: 12-hydroxy-11-methoxyspermostrychnine (II), strychnobrasiline (III), 12-hydroxy-11-methoxystrychnobrasiline (IV), 10,11-dimethoxystrychnobrasiline (V), strychnosilidine (VI), and strychnosiline (VII). © 1971.

ZONA GEOGRAFICA= Geografical zone: Brasil, Paraguay y NE de Argentina.

1) TOURSARKISSIAN, Martín. Plantas medicinales de Argentina : sus nombres botánicos, vulgares, usos y distribución geográfica. Buenos Aires : Hemisferio Sur, 1980, p.79.

2) IWATAKI, I.; COMIN, J. Studies on argentine plants-XXXI. Alkaloids from Strychnos brasiliensis. Tetrahedron. 1971, vol.27, nº12, p.2541-2552.