In Vitro Bioactivity of Methanolic Extracts from Amphipterygium adstringens (Schltdl.) Schiede ex Standl., Chenopodium ambrosioides L., Cirsium mexicanum DC., Eryngium carlinae F. Delaroche, and Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. Used in Traditional Medicine in Mexico

Table 1

Fractions of the plants employed and concentration of the methanolic extracts. Previously reported biological activity of plant extract and their reference.

Plant sample	Plant fraction		Action	Reference
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Amphipterygium adstringens​; (cuachalalate); CBL201701	Bark; CBM; 80 mg/ml		Antibacterial	[10, 24–26]
			Cytotoxic	[24, 27]
			Proliferation	[2]
Chenopodium ambrosioides; (epazote); CBL201702	Leaf; ELM; 20 mg/ml	Fruit; ESM; 20 mg/ml	Antiprotozoal	[25, 28–30]
			Antifungal	[31]
			Antibacterial	[32]
			Cytotoxic	[33]
			Not cytotoxic	[9]
Cirsium mexicanum; (cardosanto); CBL201703	Flower; CsFM; 48 mg/ml	Aerial parts; CsM; 40 mg/ml	Anticancer	[14]
			Antidiabetic	[14]
			Eryngium carlinae; (hierba del sapo); CBL201704	Aerial parts; HsM; 50 mg/ml		Antidiabetic	[30]
Pithecellobium dulce; (guamúchil); CBL201705	Bark; GBM; 20 mg/ml	Leaf; GLM; 20 mg/ml			Antibacterial	[34]
					Cytotoxic	[1]
			Not cytotoxic	[1]