Paraguayan medicinal compositae

Free radical scavengers and antioxidants from Baccharis grisebachii

“…Baccharis species are widely used in South American tradicional medicine mainly for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders and hepatic alterations (Gupta, 1995;Schmeda Hirschmann and Bordas, 1990;Soicke and Leng-Peschlow, 1987;Giberti, 1983). Some Baccharis, known under the common name of 'carqueja' are among the most reputed crude drugs for treating hepatic troubles and as digestives in the southern part of the continent.…”

Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad

“…Cyrtocymura cincta ) is used in Trinidad as an aphrodisiac and against witchcraft [52]. Vernonia species are used worldwide to stop bleeding, allay inflammation and in the treatment of stomach aches, asthma, intestinal parasites and for protection against snakebites [51,132,82,92,135]. The use of Vernonia scorpioides for mange has been recorded [50].…”

Anti-inflammatory activity of extracts and 11,13-dihydrozaluzanin C from Gochnatia polymorpha ssp. floccosa trunk bark in mice

“…is the most abundant species growing in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentine, being recognized three subspecies, polymorpha, ceanothifolia, and floccosa (Cabrera and Klein, 1973). It is known as "cambará", and flowers, leaves and trunk bark have been used in the traditional medicine for treating cough, bronchitis, colds, sore throat and respiratory diseases in general (Cabrera and Klein, 1973;Mentz and Schenkel, 1989;Schmeda-Hirschmann and Bordas, 1990;Garlet and Irgang, 2001;Bueno et al, 2005;Arambarri et al, 2008). Ethnopharmacology studies showed that a of infusion of the bark (1-10%) of this plant is used to sore throat in Kaiowá and Guarani indigenous populations in the Caarapó Reserve, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (Bueno et al, 2005) while the leaves and trunk bark of G. polymorpha are used as tea and syrup in south of Brazil for inflammatory diseases from respiratory system (Garlet and Irgang, 2001).…”