CONDICIONES DE SALUD Cálculos biliares, Diabetes, Cáncer, Tumores, Hepatitis
ESPECIE Tabebuia serratifolia, Tabebuia impetiginosa, Tabebuia avellanedae
UBICACIÓN En la selva amazónica del Perú y otros países SudAmericanos.
DESCRIPCIÓN Árbol de fuste aplanado, de hasta 30 mts de altura, copa amplia
con ramas gruesas, , corteza rugosa y fisurada, según la especie específica las flores
son de un rosado intenso, amarillas y de otros colores. Su madera es muy apreciada.
Contiene Lapachol.
USOS TRADICIONALES Cálculos biliares, Diabetes, Tumores, Cáncer, Hepatitis, Reumatismo – Artritis, Gripe
ESTUDIOS MODERNOS Cancer, Leucemia, Lupus, Artritis, Inflamación, Analgésico, Antibiótico, Antioxidante, Psoriasis
FUENTES
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Genet Mol Res. 2011 Dec 22;10(4):3236-45.
Lapachol as an epithelial tumor inhibitor agent in Drosophila melanogaster heterozygote for tumor suppressor gene wts.
Costa WF, Oliveira AB, Nepomuceno JC.
Instituto de Genética e Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brasil.
Phytother Res. 2011 Apr;25(4):493-500. doi: 10.1002/ptr.3281. Epub 2010 Aug 26.
Mixtures of Uncaria and Tabebuia extracts are potentially chemopreventive in CBA/Ca mice: a long-term experiment.
Budán F, Szabó I, Varjas T, Nowrasteh G, Dávid T, Gergely P, Varga Z, Molnár K, Kádár B, Orsós Z, Kiss I, Ember I.
Institute of Public Health, Medical School, University of Pécs, Szigeti str. 12, H-7643 Pécs, Hungary.
J Med Food. 2010 Jun;13(3):481-8.
Beta-lapachone (LAPA) decreases cell viability and telomerase activity in leukemia cells: suppression of telomerase activity by LAPA.
Moon DO, Kang CH, Kim MO, Jeon YJ, Lee JD, Choi YH, Kim GY.
Department of Marine Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju, Republic of Korea.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2007 Sep;71(9):2169-76. Epub 2007 Sep 7.
Induction of Egr-1 is associated with anti-metastatic and anti-invasive ability of beta-lapachone in human hepatocarcinoma cells.
Kim SO, Kwon JI, Jeong YK, Kim GY, Kim ND, Choi YH.
Department of Biomaterial Control (BK21 Program), Dongeui University Graduate School, Dongeui University College of Oriental Medicine, Busan 614-052, South Korea.
Exp Oncol. 2006 Mar;28(1):30-5.
beta-lapachone induces growth inhibition and apoptosis in bladder cancer cells by modulation of Bcl-2 family and activation of caspases.
Lee JI, Choi DY, Chung HS, Seo HG, Woo HJ, Choi BT, Cho YH.
R&E Program, Korea Science Academy, Busan, South Korea.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2006 Apr 21;105(1-2):255-62. Epub 2005 Dec 15.
Antibacterial activity of Tabebuia impetiginosa Martius ex DC (Taheebo) against Helicobacter pylori.
Park BS, Lee HK, Lee SE, Piao XL, Takeoka GR, Wong RY, Ahn YJ, Kim JH.
School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
J Agric Food Chem. 2003 Jan 1;51(1):295-300.
Antioxidant activity and characterization of volatile constituents of Taheebo (Tabebuia impetiginosa Martius ex DC).
Park BS, Lee KG, Shibamoto T, Lee SE, Takeoka GR.
Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California 94710, USA.
J Nat Prod. 1999 Aug;62(8):1134-6.
Potential antipsoriatic agents: lapacho compounds as potent inhibitors of HaCaT cell growth.
Müller K, Sellmer A, Wiegrebe W.
Institut für Pharmazeutische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Hittorfstrasse 58-62, D-48149 Münster, Germany |
