Piper angustifolium (Matico)

Traditional uses

Spanish

  • Antiseptic
  • Diuretic

Mexico

  • Balsamic
  • Stimulant
  • Styptic
  • Venereal

Panama

  • Bronchitis
  • Pleurisy
  • Respiratory
  • Stomach
  • Trichomoniasis
  • Vaginitis
  • Wound
  • Pneumonia
  • Cancer
  • Ulcer
  • Uterus
  • Decubitus

Chile

  • Cancer(Stomach)

Italian

  • Hemostat

Latin America

  • Stimulant

French

  • Urogenital

Argentina

  • Fibroma(Uterus)

English

  • Astringent

Chemicals

Leaf

  • ARTHRANTIC-ACID
  • EO — 9000 to 35000
  • MUCILAGE
  • RESIN
  • MATICINE
  • TANNIN

Activities

  1. Cancer-Preventive — 2 compounds; MUCILAGE, TANNIN
  2. Anthelmintic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  3. Antibacterial — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  4. Anticancer — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  5. Anticariogenic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  6. Antidiarrheic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  7. Antidysenteric — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  8. Antihepatotoxic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; TANNIN
  9. AntiHIV — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  10. Antihypertensive — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  11. Antilipolytic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  12. Antimutagenic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; TANNIN
  13. Antinephritic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  14. Antiophidic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  15. Antioxidant — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  16. Antiradicular — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  17. Antirenitic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  18. Antitumor — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  19. Antitumor-Promoter — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  20. Antiulcer — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  21. Antiviral — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  22. Carcinogenic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; TANNIN
  23. Chelator — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  24. Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  25. Demulcent — 1 compounds; MUCILAGE
  26. Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  27. Hepatoprotective — 1 compounds; toxic activity; TANNIN
  28. Hypocholesterolemic — 1 compounds; MUCILAGE
  29. Immunosuppressant — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  30. Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  31. MAO-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  32. Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  33. Pesticide — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  34. Psychotropic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  35. Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; TANNIN

Toxic compounds

  • TANNIN — Antihepatotoxic; Leaf
  • TANNIN — Antimutagenic; Leaf
  • TANNIN — Carcinogenic; Leaf
  • TANNIN — Hepatoprotective; Leaf