Compositae baccharis

De Candolle, A.P. (1836). Compositae Baccharis. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, Vol 5, pp. 398-429. 

Apiosyl(l 2)rhamnosyl(l 6)glucoside Baccharis thesioides aerial parts Compositae 320... 

Teuflin, from Teucrium flavum (Labiatae) has been assigned the stereochemistry (39) epimeric at C-10 to teucvidin on the basis of an X-ray analysis. Isocrotocaudin (40) from Croton caudatus (Euphorbiaceae) is an 11(12)-dehydro-derivative which is similar to crotocaudin and teucvidin. The c.d. curves of the a/3-unsaturated lactones have been used to assign the absolute stereochemistry in this series. Plaunol A (41) and plaunol B (42) are anti-ulcer diterpenoid lactones which have been isolated from the Thai medicinal drug Croton sublyratus (Euphorbiaceae). Baccharis genistelloides (Compositae) has afforded a clerodane dilactone (43) similar to that isolated previously from B. trimera. 

BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES FROM THE GENUS BACCHARIS L. (COMPOSITAE)... 

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],... 

Compositae plants have been used for medicinal purposes for many centuries, showing different biological activities. Of these, plants belonging to the genus Baccharis are reported to have excellent medicinal value. Several pharmacological activities, including antitumoral, antimicrobial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory effects have been documented for extracts of Baccharis species and/or their constituents, and we present these below. 

For Latin American countries comprising Amazonian areas, development of their vast wilderness regions has become a national priority. The family Compositae has been widely used as medicinal plants in Latin American and their antiparasitic properties are well known. Reports on the protozoocidal activity of the genus Baccharis, a member of the Compositae, are recorded in the literature. Rojas de Arias et al. [97] investigated the trypanocidal effect of crude extracts of some Paraguayan Compositae on the bloodstream forms of... 

Beyerenes.—ent-l8- and -19-Hydroxybeyer-15-ene and the 15,16-epoxide have been isolated from Baccharis tola (Compositae), and 1,12- and 1,17-diacetoxyjativatriol have been detected as constituents of Sideritis serrata (Labiatae). 

Ariza Espinar, L. (1973). Las especies de Baccharis (Compositae) de Argentina Central. Boletin de la Academia Nadonal de Ciencias, Vol 50 (Septiembre 1973), pp.175-305, ISSN 0325-2051. 

Muller, J. (2006). Systematics of Baccharis (Compositae, Astereae) in Bolioia, including an overview of the genus. (Systematics Botany Monographs v. 76). The American Society of Plant Taxonomists, ISBN 0912861762, Michigan. 

Me ether [155377-76-7]. 3- 4-Hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-prenylphenyl)-2 propenoic acid. 4-Hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-prenylcinnamic acid. 5 PrenylferuUc acid C15H18O4 M 262.305 Constit. of Baccharis linearis (Compositae). Oil. 

From the aerial parts of Baccharis santelicis Phil. (Compositae, tribe Cistereae, subtribe Baccharidinae) [3433]. 

As yet, no systematic study focusing on generic-level diterpenoid distribution patterns has been reported for the Compositae. Consequently, little is known about how diterpenes vary within groups of related species. As a partial remedy for this deficiency, diterpene interspecific variation is described for representative genera of the major diterpene-producing tribes Eupatorieae Brickellia, Stevia), Astereae Baccharis), Inuleae (Helichrysum), and Heliantheae (Helh anthus, Montanoa). 

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