Biological and chemical study of paico (Chenopodium chilense, Chenopodiaceae).

Abstract:

:The methanolic extract of the aerial portion of Chenopodium chilense Schrad., used in Chilean traditional medicine as a remedy for stomach-ache, has been found to exert the major spasmolytic activity in acetylcholine contracted rat ileum. This extract, with a complex flavonoid patterns on thin layer chromatography (TLC) analysis, is practically non-toxic both for rats and brine shrimp Artemia salina in acute toxicity test.

journal_name

J Ethnopharmacol

authors

García R,Lemus I,Rivera P,Erazo S

doi

10.1016/s0378-8741(97)00049-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-07-01 00:00:00

pages

85-8

issue

2

eissn

0378-8741

issn

1872-7573

pii

S0378-8741(97)00049-4

journal_volume

57

pub_type

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