Pregnanos e outros constituintes das raízes de Macrosiphonia petraea (A. St.-Hil.) Kuntze (Apocynaceae)

<abstract language="eng">Macrosiphonia petraea (A. St.-Hil.) Kuntze is a plant popularly known as "velame". Its root infusion is used in the folk medicine of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. Phytochemical investigation of the roots of...

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Main Authors: Luiz Roberto de Assis Junior, Fernanda Rodrigues Garcez, Walmir Silva Garcez, Zaira da Rosa Guterres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2013-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422013000400006
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author Luiz Roberto de Assis Junior
Fernanda Rodrigues Garcez
Walmir Silva Garcez
Zaira da Rosa Guterres
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description <abstract language="eng">Macrosiphonia petraea (A. St.-Hil.) Kuntze is a plant popularly known as "velame". Its root infusion is used in the folk medicine of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. Phytochemical investigation of the roots of this species led to the identification of 17 compounds belonging to four different classes: two pregnanes, 12&#946;-hydroxypregna-4,6,16-triene-3,20-dione, neridienone A, and 12&#946;-hydroxypregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione, cybisterol, one hydroxylated fatty acid, 5-hydroxy-octadeca-6(E)-8(Z)dienoic acid, two lignoids, pinoresinol and 8a-hydroxypinoresinol, ten pentacyclic triterpenoids, and two steroids.
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spelling doaj.art-c05aa6b64a1d4b5c9186844694838efd2022-12-22T01:47:03ZengSociedade Brasileira de QuímicaQuímica Nova0100-40421678-70642013-01-01364519523Pregnanos e outros constituintes das raízes de Macrosiphonia petraea (A. St.-Hil.) Kuntze (Apocynaceae)Luiz Roberto de Assis JuniorFernanda Rodrigues GarcezWalmir Silva GarcezZaira da Rosa Guterres<abstract language="eng">Macrosiphonia petraea (A. St.-Hil.) Kuntze is a plant popularly known as "velame". Its root infusion is used in the folk medicine of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. Phytochemical investigation of the roots of this species led to the identification of 17 compounds belonging to four different classes: two pregnanes, 12&#946;-hydroxypregna-4,6,16-triene-3,20-dione, neridienone A, and 12&#946;-hydroxypregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione, cybisterol, one hydroxylated fatty acid, 5-hydroxy-octadeca-6(E)-8(Z)dienoic acid, two lignoids, pinoresinol and 8a-hydroxypinoresinol, ten pentacyclic triterpenoids, and two steroids.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422013000400006ApocynaceaeMacrosiphonia petraeapregnane
spellingShingle Luiz Roberto de Assis Junior
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Walmir Silva Garcez
Zaira da Rosa Guterres
Pregnanos e outros constituintes das raízes de Macrosiphonia petraea (A. St.-Hil.) Kuntze (Apocynaceae)
Química Nova
Apocynaceae
Macrosiphonia petraea
pregnane
title Pregnanos e outros constituintes das raízes de Macrosiphonia petraea (A. St.-Hil.) Kuntze (Apocynaceae)
title_full Pregnanos e outros constituintes das raízes de Macrosiphonia petraea (A. St.-Hil.) Kuntze (Apocynaceae)
title_fullStr Pregnanos e outros constituintes das raízes de Macrosiphonia petraea (A. St.-Hil.) Kuntze (Apocynaceae)
title_full_unstemmed Pregnanos e outros constituintes das raízes de Macrosiphonia petraea (A. St.-Hil.) Kuntze (Apocynaceae)
title_short Pregnanos e outros constituintes das raízes de Macrosiphonia petraea (A. St.-Hil.) Kuntze (Apocynaceae)
title_sort pregnanos e outros constituintes das raizes de macrosiphonia petraea a st hil kuntze apocynaceae
topic Apocynaceae
Macrosiphonia petraea
pregnane
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