Heterósidos diterpénicos: esteviósidos (6%), dulcósidos, rebaudiósidos To, B, C, D and E. Saponósidos. Essential oil: benzilic alcohol, alpha-bergamoteno, beta-burboneno, alpha and gamma-cadineno, calacoreno, clameneno, carvacrol, cosmosiína. Flavonoides: quercetósido, apigenol, austroinulina.
Farmacológica Action
Intensely edulcorante (the esteviósido one is 200-300 times sweeter than saccharose). Osmótico laxative of smooth action. Hipoglucemiante and hypotensile, slightly antibacterial.
Indications
Constipation. Sucedáneo of the sugar for diabetics.
Galénicas Forms/Dosage
- Infusion: a spoonful of coffee by cup. One or two cups to the day.
- Esteviósido, like edulcorante.
Bibliography
Bruneton, J. Elementos de Fitoquímica and Farmacognosia. Zaragoza: Acribia, 1991, p. 297.
Gupta, MP. 270 Plantas Medicinal Latin American. Santafé of Bogota: Latin American program of Science and technology for Desarrollo (CYTED), 1995, pp. 155-7.
Paris, RR; Moyse, M. Précis de Matière Médicale. Take III. Paris: Masson, 1971, p. 434.
Peris, JB; Stübing, G: Vanaclocha, B. Applied Fitoterapia. Valencia: M.I. Official school of Phamacists, 1995, p. 268.
Samuelson, G. Drugs of Natural Origin. To Textbook of Pharmacognosy. Stockholm: Swedish Pharmaceutical Press, 1992, p. 167.
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