Estudo das lignanas de Peperomia blanda (Piperaceae): abordagem de aspectos estruturais, metabólitos e biossintéticos

Pós-graduação em Química - IQ

Estudo químico e biológico de espécies de Rubiaceae

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Peptídeos cíclicos em espécies do semiárido brasileiro e uma cultivada: caracterização e atividade biológica

Pós-graduação em Química - IQ

Natural compounds isolated from Brazilian plants are potent inhibitors of hepatitis C virus replication in vitro

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Terpenes from Aristolochia triangularis

Phytochemical examination of Aristolochia triangularis led to the isolation of allantoin, nerolidol, sitosterol, dibenzylbutyrolactone type lignans and ent-kaurane type diterpenes. This is the first report on the isolation of ent-kaurane from a natural source. © 1990.

Neolignans from fruits of Virola elongata

Fruits of Virola elongata contain, besides the furofuranoid lignans eudesmin, epieudesmin and fargesin, the aryl-benzyl-methyl tetrahydrofuran neolignans magnostellins A and C. The absolute configuration of the magnostellins was detennined.

Caracterização morfológica, perfil químico, atividade biológica e conservação in situ do gênero Lychnophora Mart. (Asteraceae: Vernonieae: Lychnophorinae), Brasil

Many people who live in the cerrado regions use plant species for therapeutic purposes. However, due to intensive extraction of some species, native botanical populations are at risk of disappearing or suffering a dramatic decrease, such as, for instance, individuals of the Lychnophora genus. This has 24 species distributed into the categories vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, and possibly extinct. These individuals are known in folk medicine as “arnica” and their leaves and flowers are commonly used as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and healing agents. The chemical profile of the genus is characterized by the presence of sesquiterpene lactones, sesquiterpenes, diterpenes, triterpenes, flavonoids, steroids, polyacetylenes, and caryophyllene derivatives which also have lignans with analgesic activity. Studies with Lychnophora species show significant results with regard to their biological activities against Leishmania amazonensis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Tripanosoma cruzi. Therefore, this study aimed to perform a survey of the morphology, chemical composition, and biological activity, as well as the use and current conservation status of the Lychnophora genus in Brazil.