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Gastric cytoprotection of bolivian medicinal plants
E Gonzales1, I Iglesias, E Carretero
1Instituto de Investigaciones Fármaco-Bioquimícas, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, 3239, La Paz, Bolivia.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
|June 6, 2000
Abstract:
Several extracts obtained from Bolivian medicinal plants have been evaluated for cytoprotective activity on ethanol-induced ulcer formation in rats. Preliminary results suggest, that the majority of the plants tested showed a significant activity, the aqueous extracts of Phoradendron crassifolium and Franseria artemisioides being the most active, exerting a cytoprotective activity comparable to atropine. The analysis of the chemical constituents of the extracts studied showed the presence of tanins, saponins, flavonoids and coumarins.