ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS IN THE ROOTS OF ARISTOLOCHIA CHILENSIS, A DANGEROUS CHILEAN MEDICINAL PLANT
The chemical composition of aristolochic acids (AAs) from the roots of A. chilensis was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detection (HPLC-DAD), a technique widely used for the detection and quantification of AAs in herbal medicines. The roots contained a mixture of AA-I (1), AA-II (2), AA-III (3), AA-IV (4), AA-Ia (5), AA-IIIa (6), AA-IVa (7), and aristoloside (8), indicating that A. chilensis is not suitable for use as a medicinal plant due to the harmful effects of the aristolochic acids.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedad Chilena de Química
2013
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-97072013000400041 |
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