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| Buddleja globosa Hope. John Hope may be Sir John Bruce Hope 7th Baronet, MP for Kinross 1727&ndash1734 1741&ndash1747 John Hope (surgeon (1725&ndash1786 |
Buddleja globosa, also known as matico, is a species native to Chile, Peru and Argentina which in Chile grows from Santiago to the Patagonia. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Santiago ( (litteraly in spanish Saint James) is the Capital of Chile, and the center of its largest Conurbation ( Greater Santiago Llao LLaojpg|thumb|250px| Lake Nahuel Huapi, near Bariloche, Argentina Folk medicine attributes to B. globosa wound healing properties, and the infusion of the leaves is used topically for the treatment or wounds, burns and external and internal ulcers. Ulcers are healing wounds that develop on the skin mucous membranes or eye Chemical studies of this species have allowed to isolate glycosidic flavonoids (Marín et al. In Chemistry, a glycosidic bond is a certain type of Functional group that joins a Carbohydrate (sugar molecule to another which may be another carbohydrate The term flavonoid (or bioflavonoid refers to a class of Plant Secondary metabolites According to the IUPAC nomenclature they can be classified into , 1979), phenylethanoids (Pardo et al. , 1993), iridoids (Houghton y Hikino, 1989), triterpenoids (López et al. Iridoids are a class of Secondary metabolites found in a wide variety of plants and in some animals Terpenes are a large and varied class of Hydrocarbons, produced primarily by a wide variety of plants particularly Conifers though also by some insects such , 1979), di and sesquiterpenoids (Houghton et al. Terpenes are a large and varied class of Hydrocarbons, produced primarily by a wide variety of plants particularly Conifers though also by some insects such , 1996; Liao et al. , 1999).