“…is a perennial shrub (30-60 cm high) that grows naturally in the Andean valleys of Peru and Latin America (3500-4800 m.a.s.l) (Juarez et al, 2007); in S. nutans several phytochemicals have been identified from the Andes of Peru, including sesquiterpenes (4.6%), cyclic monoterpenes (8.8% ∆ 3 -carene, 15.5% αphellandrene, 13.3-26.0% sabinene), alkylbenzenerelated monoterpenes (8.8% p-cymene), monoterpene hydrocarbons (12.2-15.1% α-terpinene, 7.5% γterpinene) (De Feo et al, 2003). In the species S. nutans, from Chile (Toconce II Region of Antofagasta) was found in addition to that described in the species from Peru (0.4% α-phellandrene, 1.1% sabinene, 1.9% p-cymene, 1.8% γ-terpinene) t-cadinol, α-cadinol, caryophyllene, p-cymenol, methyl-cinnamate, linalool, methyl-hydrocinnamate, terpinen-4-ol, α-terpineol, α-terpinene, β-pinene, trans-piperitol, and thymol (Paredes et al, 2016), sesquiterpene lactone (damsine), sesquiterpenes γ-and δ-cadinene and the spirolactone canrenone (Palacios et al, 2022); in popular medicine, these plants are used as a stomach analgesic, antiinflammatory, antipyretic, antiemetic, vasodilator, wounds, eczema, and in respiratory diseases (asthma, bronchitis, cough, colds) (Basaid et al, 2020;Lopez et al, 2018;Ouchbani et al, 2013).…”