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Centaurium cachanlahuen (Mol.) P.L.Rob.- syn.Centaurium chilensis Pers.; Gentiana cachanlahuen Molina - Gentianaceae
Chilean centaury, Chilenisches Tausendgüldenkraut

Erect annual herb, up to40cm high, native to Chile and Argentina; leaves sessile, opposite, entire; flowers bright pink.

„From the plant Centaurium cachanlahuen, swertiaperenine, swercherine, decusatine, oleanolic acid and the xanthone 1,8-dihydroxy-2,3,4,6-tetramethoxy-9H-xanthone were isolated and characterized.“
[A novel xanthone as secondary metabolite fromCentaurium cachanlahuen., Versluys, C., Cortés, M., López, J.T., Sierra, J.R., Razmilić, I., Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Vol.38(7), 1982, 771-772]

The (whole) plant is used as decoction to treat fever, hypertension, rheumatism, and inflammation of the skin.
[Plantas medicinales de uso en Chile: Química y Farmacología., Muñoz, O., Montes, M., Wilkomirsky, T., Editorial Universitaria.]

„… Centaurium cachanlahuen, [is] a highly appreciated native species used in Mapuche medicine for its reputed analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects.“
[Medicinal wild plant knowledge and gathering patterns in a Mapuche community from North-western Patagonia., Estomba, D., Ladio, A., Lozada, M., Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Vol.103(1), 2006, 109-119]
http://plantasmedicinales.org/archivos/Plantas%20Medicinales%20-%20Mapuches.pdf

„Centaurium cachanlahuen (Mol.) Robinson is a chilean native plant widely used in traditional medicine for the treatment of many diseases, including cardiovascular disorders. Studies carried out in normal and hypertensive rats suggested that extract of Centaurium cachanlahuen has antihypertensive effect… Results showed that both aqueous (3 mg/mL) and hydroalcoholic extracts (3 mg/mL) produced rat aorta vasodilatation that was higher (P < 0.001) in the hydroalcoholic extract compared to the aqueous extract. This effect had an important endothelium-dependent component that was mediated by nitric oxide (NO), as supported by the inhibition of the response in the presence of N-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA, 100 μM), a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor. We suggest that anthones present in the plant may play a key role in the vasodilator effect of Centaurium cachanlahuen extracts. The present study provides experimental evidence supporting the folkloric use of Centaurium cachanlahuen as hypotensive agent.“
[Centaurium cachanlahuen (Mol.) Robinson A Chilean native plant with a vasodilator effect., Vinet, R., Cortes, M., Alvarez, R., Guzman, L., Flores, E., Bol Latinoam Caribe Plants Med Aromat, 11, 2012, 61-65]