Antifungal, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity of bi-herbal mixtures with medicinal plants from Argentinean highlands

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Antioxidant Activity of Flavonoid Rich Fraction of Ligaria cuneifolia (Loranthaceae)

“…According to the World Health Organization, approximately 80 % of the world's inhabitants utilize traditional medicine for their primary health care needs and, in most cases, this requires the use of herbal extracts and their active components [15] . The link between flavonoids and antioxidant activity has been a hot topic and remains to be so, given the large number of recent publications that address this subject [15–18] . Reactive oxygen species are involved in the pathogenesis of various diseases and the evaluation of flavonoid rich extracts could provide a scientific support to the traditional use.…”

Potential use of medicinal plants from Argentinean highland as agent anti‐photoaging

“…These extracts were analyzed by HPLC (Waters Corporation, Milford, MA, USA) coupled to a diode array detector (Waters 2998 photodiode array detector) according to described conditions in previous reports 5,9,12 . A solution of 2 mg/mL of each extract was used.…”

“…Z punctata is an Argentine medicinal plant widely recognized by its functional properties (antibacterial, antifungal, anti‐inflammatory, antigenotoxic, and antioxidant, between other activities) 8‐12 . Also, it was reported its activity as inhibitor of chemotherapeutic resistance factors such as efflux pump 8 and as agent that prevents cardiovascular diseases related to hypercholesterolemia and endothelial dysfunction 13 .…”

“…Also, it was reported its activity as inhibitor of chemotherapeutic resistance factors such as efflux pump 8 and as agent that prevents cardiovascular diseases related to hypercholesterolemia and endothelial dysfunction 13 . The major bioactive components identified in Z punctata are 2ʹ,4ʹ‐dihydroxychalcone (DHC), 2ʹ,4ʹ‐dihydroxy‐3ʹ‐methoxychalcone 8‐12 that could be assigned as chemical markers 12 …”

“…The aim of this research work was to determine the anti‐aging activity of standardized extracts of aerial parts of four “jarillas” species. The four hydroalcoholic extracts were previously chemically standardized 5,9,12 . Taking into account the EMA guidelines (2010), the hydroalcoholic extracts of aerial parts from four “jarillas” species could be used in herbal medicinal product as standardized extracts by the content of selected chemical markers 14…”