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Trivia # 296: rica rica

5 August, 2015
Toxicological Trivia from August 05, 2015: Acantholippia deserticola (. Phil) Moldenke (Verbenaceae), popularly known as "rica-rica", is a shrub that grows in the Andean highlands of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. The infusion of its parts areas, is used to combat diseases and stomach, liver, renal and cardiovascular disorders, as an aphrodisiac and to stimulate the secretion of breast milk. Of the following components identified in the essential oil, which of them has neurotoxic effects:a) Ethyl sabinilo;b) A-thujone;c) Trans-sabinol.
Trivia # 296: rica rica
Comesebo puneño en ‘rica rica’ de la puna catamarqueña
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