Identificação de flavonóides em Hypericum cordatum (Vell.) N. Robson (Clusiaceae)

Este trabalho teve como objetivo realizar o fracionamento de extratos metanólicos de caules e folhas de Hypericum cordatum e a identificação de flavonóides. O fracionamento dos extratos foi feito por cromatografia de filtração em resina de Sephadex LH 20, em camada delgada e cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência. Os extratos metanólicos mostraram a presença de vários flavonóides, em especial flavonóis e flavonas. Foram identificados quatro flavonóides: quercetina, quercitrina, rutina e canferol. Os compostos foram identificados pela análise de seus espectros na luz ultravioleta obtidos em CLAE-UV/DAD e por co-cromatografia realizada com os padrões.

Evaluation of the antiedematogenic activity of artemetin isolated from Cordia curassavica DC

The species Cordia curassavica (Boraginaceae), known popularly as "erva baleeira", is used in folk medicine for the treatment of several inflammatory processes and as a healing agent. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the antiedematogenic activity of crude dichloromethane extracts of Cordia curassavica and of the artemetin-enriched fraction. The crude extract and artemetin fraction were tested in the model of carrageenin-induced paw edema in male Swiss mice (25-30 g). The crude dichloromethane extract (300 and 1000 mg/kg, po, N = 6) showed significant antiedematogenic activity, reducing the edema by 42, 57 and 45% and 46, 62 and 69%, 3, 4 and 5 h after carrageenin administration, respectively. Indomethacin (10 mg/kg, po, N = 6) reduced the edema by 45 and 48%, after 4 and 5 h, but the artemetin-enriched fraction (30, 100 and 300 mg/kg, po, N = 6) had no activity. The dichloromethane extract (300 and 1000 mg/kg, po, N = 6) also showed antinociceptive activity by reducing acetic acid-induced writhing in mice from 37.1 ± 2.28 (control) to 17.3 ± 1.34 and 13.2 ± 1.44, respectively, but had no activity in the hot-plate test.