Baccharis gaudichaudiana

Akaike, S. et al., A new ent-clerodane diterpene from the aerial parts of Baccharis gaudichaudiana, Chem. Pharm. Bull, 51, 197, 2003. 

Baccharis gaudichaudiana D. C. ( Chilca melosa ) and Baccharis articulata (Lam.) Pers. ( Carquejilla ) are used traditionally as decoctions or infusions as an antidiabetic remedy in Paraguay [13],... 

Figure 1 shows the spectrophotometric profiles of ethanol extracts of the aerial parts of Baccharis gaudichaudiana DC. obtained from five areas in Misiones province, Argentina (Mil, MI2, MI3, MI4, MIS) (Rodriguez, 2010b). Here, of course, some differences can be observed in the profiles however phytoequivalence for B. gaudichaudiana can be seen. 

Fig. 1. Absorption UV/Visible spectra of Baccharis gaudichaudiana pwpnilations (Bg). Ml, Misiones. Numbers indicate when there is more than one population of the same sp>ecies.

A sweet labdane diterpene arabinoside, gaudichaudioside A (95), has been isolated from aerial parts of Baccharis gaudichaudiana (Fullas et al., 1991). 

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