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In continuation of pharmacological investigations on polyphenolic compounds from the aerial parts of Galphimia glauca, flavonol acyl glycosides and gallic acid derivatives were screened in the classical and alternative complement assay. A reduction of complement-induced hemolysis was measured for
Galphimia glauca, commonly known as "flor de estrella", is a plant species used in Mexican traditional medicine for the treatment of different diseases that have an acute or chronic inflammatory process in common. Aerial parts of this plant contain nor-seco-triterpenoids with anxiolytic properties,
In the search for antiasthmatic principles in plant drugs, a bioguided fractionation of an alcoholic extract of Galphimia glauca was performed using a plethysmographic in vivo model. Tetragalloylquinic acid (G1), which was found together with other compounds (gallic acid, methyl gallate, ellagic
Galphimia glauca (Cav.) Kuntze is an important endemic plant species, which possesses many medicinal properties and has been used in the Mexican traditional medicine for its sedative, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, antiasthmatic and antiallergic properties. The therapeutic properties of this plant are
A methanolic extract from Galphimia glauca (320 mg/kg, orally) inhibited acute bronchial reactions to allergen (ovalbumin, 10 mg/ml) and platelet-activating factor (PAF, 1 microgram/ml) inhalation challenges, but not to histamine or acetylcholine in spontaneously breathing guinea pigs. Furthermore,