Research Article

Mapuche Herbal Medicine Inhibits Blood Platelet Aggregation

Table 2

Mapuche medicinal plant extracts tested in sheep blood. The agonists are ADP (5.0 μM) and collagen (5.0 μg/mL) and the obtained aggregations are shown in percentage. Extracts are tested in 0.1 mg/mL end concentrations. The aggregation is shown for both extract and vehicle control. If the extract aggregation is 20% lower than that of the vehicle control inhibition is observed.

PlantExtractExtract Yield (% dw)Agonist% Aggregation (extract)% Aggregation (vehicle control)% InhibitionInhibition

Amomyrtus luma (leaf)DCM : MeOH 1 : 1 6.8ADP478847Yes
Collagen258571Yes
MeOH 14.4ADP6160−2No
Collagen308364Yes
H2O 6.7ADP456834Yes
Collagen238673Yes

Anthoxanthum utriculatum (leaf)DCM : MeOH 1 : 1 5.2ADP384922Yes
Collagen10612415 *1
MeOH 4.9ADP336851Yes
Collagen227771Yes
H2O 4.8ADP5051 2No
Collagen397548Yes

Blechnum chilense (leaf)DCM : MeOH 1 : 1 2.8ADP526216No
Collagen264441Yes
MeOH 1.8ADP385227Yes
Collagen11894Yes

Cestrum parqui (leaf)DCM : MeOH 1 : 1 7.6ADP498140Yes
Collagen279170Yes
MeOH 3.7ADP447743Yes
Collagen308364Yes
H2O 15.9ADP738211 *1
Collagen528237Yes

Corynabutilon vitifolium (leaf)DCM : MeOH 1 : 1 3.6ADP485411No
Collagen4435−26No
MeOH 3.7ADP395934 *1
Collagen48492No

Fuchsia magellanica (leaf)DCM : MeOH 1 : 1 12.2ADP45450No
Collagen101217No
MeOH 6.2ADP305242Yes
Collagen323816No

Gunnera chilensis (leaf + stem)DCM : MeOH 1 : 1 13.1ADP505915No
Collagen496423Yes
MeOH 3.3ADP405629 *1
Collagen356546Yes
H2O 6.5ADP507130 *1
Collagen6856−21 *1

Lomatia ferruginea (leaf)DCM : MeOH 1 : 1 2.7ADP245556Yes
Collagen93373Yes
MeOH 1.1ADP435014No
Collagen65589 *2
H2O 6.9ADP5743−33No
Collagen305040 *1

Luma apiculata (leaf)DCM : MeOH 1 : 1 4.5ADP516522 *1
Collagen427544 *1
MeOH 4.9ADP185265Yes
Collagen206469Yes
H2O 9.1ADP195666Yes
Collagen217472Yes

Pluchea absinthioides (leaf)DCM : MeOH 1 : 1 8.9ADP475718 *1
Collagen173956Yes
MeOH 2.9ADP48504No
Collagen103672Yes
H2O 4.4ADP435116No
Collagen95182 *2

Pseudopanax laetevirens (leaf)DCM : MeOH 1 : 1 7.3ADP455924Yes
Collagen236162Yes
MeOH 6.2ADP435725 *1
Collagen46093Yes
H2O 13.3ADP506624Yes
Collagen86−33No

Satureja multiflora (leaf + stem)DCM : MeOH 1 : 1 7.2ADP447441Yes
Collagen318162 *1
MeOH 7.1ADP606710No
Collagen4412565 *1
H2O 14.3ADP61645No
Collagen114374 *2

*1:  Aggregation curve and output % does not correlate, and the result is doubtful.
*2:  Aggregation curve is very flat, this is suspicious.