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Table 8.3.
Knowledge of Chilean medicinal plant cultivation. (Adapted from INIA, 2010; MINSAL, 2009;
Vogel
et al
., 2002, 2004.)
No knowledge of cultivation practices
Some knowledge of cultivation practices
Acaena splendens
Aloysia citriodora
Acantholippia desertícola
Aristotelia chilensis
Centaurium cachanlahuen
Buddleja globosa
Cestrum parqui
Calceolaria thyrsiflora
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Drimys winteri
Cuscuta chilensis
Equisetum bogotense
Ephedra chilensis
Fabiana imbricata
Flaveria bidentis
Fuchsia magellanica
Haplopappus
spp.
Geum andicola
Lampaya medicinalis
Gunnera tinctoria
Laretia acaulis
Libertia sessiliflora
Luma chequen
Lomatia hirsuta
Muehlenbeckia hastulata
Margyricarpus pinnatus
Polypodium feuillei
Maytenus boaria
Porlieria chilensis
Otholobium glandulosum
Senecio fistulosus
Peumus boldus
Satureja parvifolia
Pseudognaphalium viravira
Tristerix corymbosus
Quillaja saponaria
Quinchamalium chilense
Salix humboldtiana
Schinus areira
Senna stipulacea
Solanum ligustrinum
Ugni molinae
On the other hand, there is scientific
information of antioxidant properties of
Chilean plants that are not included in the
lists of traditional herbal medicines. The
uses of these Chilean plants have not been
significantly promoted to the rest of the
country.
Because most of the Chilean medicinal
plants are currently gathered in the wild, it
is necessary to consider agronomical strate-
gies for their selection, breeding and culti-
vation based on polyphenol content in order
to optimize their antioxidant properties and
to guarantee sustainability of these Chilean
botanical resources.
Acknowledgements
Professor Miguel Gómez and Dr Paz Robert
kindly provided much help and advice
during the preparation of this chapter.
We sincerely appreciate their contribution
to this work. FONDECYT Grant 1110808 (to
G. Montenegro) and Scholarship granted by
CONICYT for Doctoral studies in Chile.
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