PARTE UTILIZADA= Used part: Partes aéreas.

ACCIÓN FARMACOLÓGICA= Pharmacological action: Medicinal, antimicrobiana. 

COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA= Chemical composition: Two sesquiterpene lactones were isolated from the aerial parts of G. palosanto. Their structures were established as deacyldeoxyelephantopin 2-methylbutyrate and deacylisodeoxyelephantopin 2-methylbutyrate. Three coumarins and 2 flavonoids were isolated from the aerial parts of G. argentina. They were capensin, fraxidin, fraxetin, luteolin 7-Me ether, and hispidulin. 

ZONA GEOGRÁFICA= Geografical zone: N. de Argentina. 

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

2) GARCIA, Eduardo E.; GUERREIRO, Eduardo. Sesquiterpene lactones from Gochnatia palosanto and coumarins from G. argentina. Phytochemistry. 1988, vol.27, nº1, p.288-290.