Phytochemical prospecting of the methanolic extract of leaves of the Species Cymbopogon Citratus / Prospecção fitoquímica do extrato metanólico das folhas da Espécie Cymbopogon Citratus
From the beginnings of mankind man sought the relief of his evils with ingestion of herbs and plants. Nowadays, the study of the compounds produced in the secondary metabolism of plants is growing, since they have a variety of beneficial effects on the organism. The present work aimed to perform...
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| author | Anderson Soares de Almeida Aldenir Feitosa dos Santos |
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| description | From the beginnings of mankind man sought the relief of his evils with ingestion of herbs
and plants. Nowadays, the study of the compounds produced in the secondary metabolism of plants is
growing, since they have a variety of beneficial effects on the organism. The present work aimed to
perform the phytochemical study of the leaves of the holy grass through phytochemical screening, this
method is based on the change in coloration of precipitate formation of the plant extracts with certain
specific reagents. The leaves were collected crushed and the constituents were extracted by maceration in
methanol, the dry extract by route-evaporation. Flavones, flavonols, xanthones and saponins have been
identified, these classes of compounds have antioxidant and antifungal action. Therefore, new advanced
studies should be performed with other fractions of the species for new drug discovery. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e65ad84959a54bef8af7587bf6e2807a2022-12-21T23:19:58ZengUniversidade Estadual de AlagoasDiversitas Journal2525-52152018-09-013251952510.17648/diversitas-journal-v3i2.582Phytochemical prospecting of the methanolic extract of leaves of the Species Cymbopogon Citratus / Prospecção fitoquímica do extrato metanólico das folhas da Espécie Cymbopogon CitratusAnderson Soares de Almeida0Aldenir Feitosa dos Santos1Graduado em Licenciatura em Química; Universidade Estadual de Alagoas- UNEAL; Arapiraca-AL; anderson123soares@outlook.com;Pós-doutorado em Compostos bioativos - UFAL; Professora Titular da Universidade Estadual de Alagoas e Centro Universitário Cesmac; Arapiraca-AL e Maceió-AL; aldenirfeitosa@gmail.com.From the beginnings of mankind man sought the relief of his evils with ingestion of herbs and plants. Nowadays, the study of the compounds produced in the secondary metabolism of plants is growing, since they have a variety of beneficial effects on the organism. The present work aimed to perform the phytochemical study of the leaves of the holy grass through phytochemical screening, this method is based on the change in coloration of precipitate formation of the plant extracts with certain specific reagents. The leaves were collected crushed and the constituents were extracted by maceration in methanol, the dry extract by route-evaporation. Flavones, flavonols, xanthones and saponins have been identified, these classes of compounds have antioxidant and antifungal action. Therefore, new advanced studies should be performed with other fractions of the species for new drug discovery.http://periodicos.ifal.edu.br/diversitas_journal/article/view/582Plantsprospectingphytochemistry |
| spellingShingle | Anderson Soares de Almeida Aldenir Feitosa dos Santos Phytochemical prospecting of the methanolic extract of leaves of the Species Cymbopogon Citratus / Prospecção fitoquímica do extrato metanólico das folhas da Espécie Cymbopogon Citratus Diversitas Journal Plants prospecting phytochemistry |
| title | Phytochemical prospecting of the methanolic extract of leaves of the Species Cymbopogon Citratus / Prospecção fitoquímica do extrato metanólico das folhas da Espécie Cymbopogon Citratus |
| title_full | Phytochemical prospecting of the methanolic extract of leaves of the Species Cymbopogon Citratus / Prospecção fitoquímica do extrato metanólico das folhas da Espécie Cymbopogon Citratus |
| title_fullStr | Phytochemical prospecting of the methanolic extract of leaves of the Species Cymbopogon Citratus / Prospecção fitoquímica do extrato metanólico das folhas da Espécie Cymbopogon Citratus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phytochemical prospecting of the methanolic extract of leaves of the Species Cymbopogon Citratus / Prospecção fitoquímica do extrato metanólico das folhas da Espécie Cymbopogon Citratus |
| title_short | Phytochemical prospecting of the methanolic extract of leaves of the Species Cymbopogon Citratus / Prospecção fitoquímica do extrato metanólico das folhas da Espécie Cymbopogon Citratus |
| title_sort | phytochemical prospecting of the methanolic extract of leaves of the species cymbopogon citratus prospeccao fitoquimica do extrato metanolico das folhas da especie cymbopogon citratus |
| topic | Plants prospecting phytochemistry |
| url | http://periodicos.ifal.edu.br/diversitas_journal/article/view/582 |
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