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Pharmacological Properties of Native Plants from Argentina

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The Yungas have recently been included by UNESCO in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. Their characteristics differ according to the altitude they are in. The lower regions have a dense and humid forest vegetation and high biodiversity while in the highlands predominante shrubs and grasslands. The medicinal species Lepidium didymum L., Clinopodium gilliesii (Benth.) Kunze., Smilax campestris Griseb., and Smallanthus macroscyphus (Baker ex Martius) A. Grau that grow in the Yungas are described with respect to their botanical characteristics, ethnomedical uses, chemicals, biological activity, toxicity, and establishment of in vitro cultures and legal status, when corresponding.

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