Composição química e atividade biológica das folhas e frutos de Triphasia trifolia Chemical composition and biological activity of leaves and fruits of Triphasia trifolia

<abstract language="eng">The chemical composition of the essential oils from leaves and fruits of Triphasia trifolia was analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS. The major constituents of oil obtained from leaves were sabinene (35.4%) and myrcene (34.1%), while the prevalent compounds in oil fr...

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Main Authors: Renata P. dos Santos, Maria Teresa Salles Trevisan, Edilberto R. Silveira, Otília Deusdênia L. Pessoa, Vânia Maria M. Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2008-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422008000100011
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Summary:<abstract language="eng">The chemical composition of the essential oils from leaves and fruits of Triphasia trifolia was analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS. The major constituents of oil obtained from leaves were sabinene (35.4%) and myrcene (34.1%), while the prevalent compounds in oil from fruits were sabinene (37.2%), beta-pinene (23.95) and gamma-terpinene (16.3%). Both oils showed moderate antimicrobial activity. The fruit decoction was also investigated leading to the isolation of the coumarins isopimpinelin, (R)-byakangelicin and (S)-mexoticin. From leaves were isolated the coumarins (R)-byakangelicin, aurapten, (S)-mexoticin, isosibiricin, isomerazin and coumurrayin and the flavonoid vitexin. All coumarins showed cholinesterase inhibition on TLC tests.
ISSN:0100-4042
1678-7064