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Estudio del efecto vasodilatador de proantocianidinas extraídas de Ligaria cuneifolia

open access: yesRevista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Universidad Nacional de Rosario.
Introducción: La infusión del extracto crudo Ligaria cuneifolia (Lc hospedante Chañar) se utiliza en medicina popular por una supuesta acción antihipertensiva(1,2,3). Objetivo: Investigar el potencial efecto vasoactivo PLc sobre anillos de aorta aislada
Natasha Gerschcovsky   +5 more
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The Argentine Mistletoes Ligaria cuneifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Tiegh (Loranthaceae) and Phoradendron liga (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Eichler (Santalaceae). Thirty Years of Research

Chemistry & Biodiversity, 2022
Ligaria cuneifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Tiegh (Loranthaceae) and Phoradendron liga (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Eichler (Santalaceae) are regarded as Argentine mistletoes based on their similarities with the European counterpart, Viscum album L.
C. Dobrecky, S. Lucangioli, M. Wagner
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Evaluation of the Effect of Ligaria cuneifolia Infusion on Plasma Cholesterol and Liver and Kidney Function in Patients with Cardiovascular Risk

Journal of Biomedical Research & Environmental Sciences
Ligaria cuneifolia (R. et P.) Tiegh. –Loranthaceae– (Lc), commonly used in traditional medicine, is believed to reduce total plasma cholesterol (TC) and improve blood flow.
Francisco Pons   +11 more
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Ligaria cuneifolia (R. et P.) Tiegh.

, 2021
Ligaria cuneifolia (R. et P.) Tiegh. (Loranthaceae) is a hemiparasitic species that develops on different hosts. It has a wide geographic distribution ranging from Peru to central Argentina and southern Brazil. In Argentina it is popularly known as: “muerdago criollo”, “liga” or “liguilla”. This species is traditionally used as a hypotensive agent. Due
M. L. Wagner   +6 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Plant extracts and betulin from Ligaria cuneifolia inhibit P-glycoprotein function in leukemia cells.

Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2020
Overexpression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), which is linked to multidrug resistance (MDR), is one of the underlying obstacles to the success of chemotherapy as it reduces the efficacy of anticancer drugs and the side effects of these increase as a result of any increased dose to achieve the therapeutic effect.
Jerónimo Laiolo   +6 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Ligaria cuneifolia (Ruiz & Pav.) Tiegh. Loranthaceae

Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions, 2020
Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana   +1 more
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Effect of Ligaria cuneifolia catechin- and quercetin-enriched fractions on hemorheology and plasma cholesterol

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, 2010
We tested the in vivo and the in vitro effects of both Ligaria cuneifolia catechin- and quercetin-enriched fractions on erythrocyte shape and deformability, and on plasma cholesterol level. For in vivo studies, adult male Wistar rats were randomized in three experimental groups which received intraperitoneally, once a day, 3 days: Control: saline ...
Alicia Dominighini   +9 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Study of an Argentine mistletoe, the hemiparasite Ligaria cuneifolia (R. et P.) Tiegh. (Loranthaceae).

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1998
Ligaria cuneifolia (R. et P.) Tiegh. is an hemiparasite species used in Argentine folk medicine as a substitute for the European mistletoe (Viscum album L.) based on its putative activity of decreasing high blood pressure. This paper analyzes flavonoid composition, protein constituents and the possible immunomodulatory and antitumoral effects of this ...
T. Fernández   +6 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Immunobiological features of the galactoside lectin L-Lc isolated from the Argentine mistletoe Ligaria cuneifolia.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2003
Ligaria cuneifolia has been used in Argentine folk medicine and is currently employed as substitute for the European mistletoe (Viscum album) as hypotensor agent. Extracts from V. album are widely used in cancer therapy and the antineoplasic effect is attributed to their cytostatic/cytotoxic and immunomodulatory actions.
T. Fernández   +8 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

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