“…The genus Galipea comprises about 20 species that are found predominantly in the Northern of South America. G. officinalis is a shrub known by rural communities in the Venezuelan mountains for their pharmacological activities, and its extract is used in the control of dyspepsia, dysentery, and chronic diarrhea, in addition to presenting antimalarial, cytotoxic [59], molluscicidal activities, and antimicrobial properties, inhibiting the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of tuberculosis [60].…”