Baccharis trinervis

Sharp, H. et al., 6-Oxygenated flavones from Baccharis trinervis (Asteraceae), Biochem. Syst. Ecol, 29, 105, 2001. 

Baccharis trinervis Baccharis trinervis is used by the Huastec in the treatment of high fever, edema, sores, and muscle cramps. It is also applied in the case of dizziness and lack of blood. The Huastec regard it as effective if one feels sleepy and if there is insufficient milk production. In Veracruz, a preparation made from the leaves is used for the treatment of typhoid fever. 

Characteristic constituents from the Baccharis genus, one member of the Compositae, are the neo-clerodane type diterpenes. For example, the aerial parts of B. trinervis, a representative of which is used in South American folk medicine, furnished 24 neo-clerodane type diterpenes, many of them new, e.g., methyltrineracetal, Fig. (1) and epi-methyltrineracetal, Fig. (2) [19],... 

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