Pharmacobotanical study of Baccharis pentaptera

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Jane Manfron Budel¹  Josiane Padilha De Paula¹  Vera Lucia Pereira Dos Santos¹  Celia Regina Cavichiolo Franco¹  Paulo Vitor Farago¹  Márcia Do Rocio Duarte¹ 

关键词: Compositae;    Herbal drugs;    Medicinal plant;    Morpho-anatomy;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.bjp.2015.07.007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

AbstractBaccharis L. sect. Caulopterae, Asteraceae, comprises thirty species in Brazil that show stems represented by cladodes, which are very similar in morphology. These species are popularly known as “carqueja” in Brazil and Argentina and are used in popular medicine as diuretic and stomachic. The aim of this work was to examine the morpho-anatomical characters of cladodes of Baccharis pentaptera (Less.) DC. for diagnosis purposes. The plant material was prepared by light and scanning electron microscopy. B. pentaptera shows opposite and spread wings in the two-winged cladode axis and irregular arrangement in the three-winged cladode. The wings have a uniseriate epidermis with palisade parenchyma next to both sides of epidermis. The spongy parenchyma crossed by minor collateral vascular bundles is observed in the central region of wings. The glandular trichomes are capitate and biseriate and the non-glandular trichomes are uniseriate and flagelliform with 2–3 cells that extend from the base. In caulinar axis, there are uniseriate epidermis, chlorenchyma alternating with angular collenchyma and perivascular fiber caps adjoining the phloem which is outside the xylem. Prismatic and styloid crystals are verified in the perimedullary zone. These combined characters can assist the diagnosis of Baccharis species sect. Caulopterae.

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