Buddleja globosa

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Buddleja globosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Buddleja Species: B. globosa
Binomial name
Buddleja globosa Hope.

Buddleja globosa, also known as matico, is a species native to Chile, Peru and Argentina which in Chile grows from Santiago to the Patagonia. Folk medicine attributes to B. globosa wound healing properties, and the infusion of the leaves is used topically for the treatment or wounds, burns and external and internal ulcers. Chemical studies of this species have allowed to isolate glycosidic flavonoids (Marín et al., 1979), phenylethanoids (Pardo et al., 1993), iridoids (Houghton y Hikino, 1989), triterpenoids (López et al., 1979), di and sesquiterpenoids (Houghton et al., 1996; Liao et al., 1999).

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• Backhouse et al. 2007. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2007.11.025
• Pardo et al. 1993. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 39:221-222
• Houghton and Hikino. 1989. Planta Medica. 55(2): 123-6, 1989. 39:221-222
• Houghton et al. 1996. Phytochemistry, 42(2): 485-488
• Liao et al. 1999. Journal of Natural Products, 62(9): 1241-45
• Richard G. Olmstead et al. 2001. American Journal of Botany. 88:348-361