Interconverting flavanone glucosides and other phenolic compounds in Lippia salviaefolia Cham. ethanol extracts

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Further monoterpene chromane esters from Peperomia obtusifolia: VCD determination of the absolute configuration of a new diastereomeric mixture

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Determination of herbicides residues in soil by small scale extraction

Herbicidas tais como trifluralina, simazina, atrazina, metribuzina e metolaclor são usados na agricultura brasileira. A eficiência de um método em pequena escala para a determinação destes herbicidas e dois produtos de degradação em amostras de solo foi avaliada. Os compostos foram extraídos das amostras de solo (5 g) com 20 ml de acetato de etila em agitador mecânico por 50 min. Após a extração, o sobrenadante foi filtrado em sulfato de sódio anidro, concentrado e analisado por cromatografia a gás de alta resolução com detector termiônico específico. Valores médios de recuperação obtidos de amostras de solo fortificadas em três níveis diferentes variaram de 81 a 115 % com valores de desvio padrão relativo entre 1,2 e 12,7 %. Os limites de detecção do método variaram de 0,01 a 0,06 mg kg-1. A metodologia foi aplicada a amostras de solo de fazendas localizadas próximas à cidade de Araraquara, estado de São Paulo, Brasil.

Influência do material do alambique na composição química das aguardentes de cana-de-açúcar

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Composition of the volatile compounds from Aniba canelilla (H. B. K.) Mez. extracted by CO2 in the supercritical state

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Qualitative determination of indole alkaloids, triterpenoids and steroid of Tabernaemontana hilariana

This paper reports the separation and identification of indole alkaloids, steroids and triterpenoids from the ethanolic extracts of Tabernaemontana hilariana (Apocynaceae). The alkaloidal fractions from the ethanolic extracts obtained (root barks, green fruits, ripe fruits and seeds) were fractionated and analysed by thin-layer chromatography, capillary gas chromatography-flame ionization detection (cGC-FID) as well as by high-resolution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HRGC-MS). 3-Hydroxycoronaridine, ibogamine, coronaridine pseudoindoxyl, coronaridine, catharanthine, voacangine hydroxyindolenine, voacangine pseudoindoxyl, tabernanthine, tetraphyllicine, 3-hydroxyvoacangine, voacangine, isovoacangine and 3-oxocoronaridine were identified. The insoluble fraction of ethanolic extracts obtained from the root barks and green fruits were analysed and ten aliphatic constituents were also identified by cGC-FID and HRGC-MS. (C) 1998 Elsevier B.V. B.V. All rights reserved.

OFF-LINE SUPERCRITICAL-FLUID EXTRACTION - HIGH-RESOLUTION GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY APPLIED TO THE STUDY OF MORACEAE SPECIES

Supercritical fluid extraction with CO2, Performed in a home-made system, of rhizomes of Dorstenia bryoniifolia Mart. ex Miq. (Moraceae) and of bark roots of Brosimum gaudichaudii Trecul (Moraceae) afforded crude extracts that were analysed by high resolution gas chromatography (HRGC). The D. bryoniifolia extract contained, besides the previously reported pimpinelin and isobergapten, the furocoumarins psoralen, bergapten, isopimpinelin and the triterpenes alpha- and beta-amyrin and the acetate of the latter. The B. gaudichaudii extract contained a number of terpenoids as well as the previously reported psoralen and bergapten. Supercritical fluid extraction gave extracts qualitatively similar to those obtained by Soxhlet extraction with hexane and, together with off-line HRGC, was shown to be a fast and accurate technique to be used in rapid phytochemical examination.

Further triterpenes, steroids and furocoumarins from Brazilian medicinal plants of Dorstenia genus (Moraceae)

The hexane-soluble fractions from the rhizomes or from the leaves from five Dorstenia (Moraceae) species (D. bahiensis Kl., D. bryoniifolia Mart ex. Miq., D. carautae C.C.Berg, D. cayapiaa Vell. and D. heringerii Car. & Val) were analysed by HRGC-MS (high-resolution gas chromatography - mass spectrometry). Pentacyclic triterpenes, steroids and furocoumarins were identified. HRGC-MS is shown to be a valuable tool for the analysis of terpenoidal compounds from Dostenia species. These compounds may be related to the folk utilization of Dorstenia species as antiophidicals.

Detecção in silico, isolamento e caracterização estrutural dos constitutintes micromoleculares antimaláricos e antioxidantes em galhosmdemGarcina gardneriana (Clusiaceae)

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Elaboração de métodos analíticos de desreplicação para o estudo metabolômico em espedies de Qualea (Vochysiaceae) : detecção e elucidação in situ de micromoléculas com potencial antioxidante

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Detecção in silico dos constituintes majoritários de Strychnos brasiliensis e S. pseudoquina (Loganiaceae) usando CLAE-DAD/EMAR

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Estudo de Jatropha gossypifolia e J. multifida (Euphorbiaceae) aplicando métodos analíticos in silico e de desreplicação, visando a detecção e elucidação in situ dos constituintes micromoleculares com atividade acetilcolinesterásicas e antioxidante

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Estudo fitoquímico e biológico de Aristolochia ridicula

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Dimeric Flavonoids from Arrabidaea brachypoda and Assessment of Their Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Activity

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Identification of quinolactin alkaloids from fungi associated to Brazilian red algae Dichotomaria marginata by LC-PDA-MS and LC-MSn

Fungi isolated from marine organisms have been shown to produce several interesting secondary metabolites with important biological activities. Such chemical diversity may be associated to environmental stress conditions and may represent an important source of NCE for bioprospection. Quinolactins belong to a rare fungi-alkaloid class with a unique N-methyl-quinolone moiety fused to a lactam ring and present several bioactivities1. Fungi strain Dm1 was isolated from red alga Dichotomaria marginata, collected from Brazil SE coast, and was grown in sterile rice solid media at 26oC 2, which was then extracted with MeOH. The MeCN fr. from the MeOH extract was chromatographed over Sephadex LH-20 and fr. 4 afforded quinolactin (QL) alkaloids B1, B2 and A, whereas fr. 5 afforded quinolactin D1 after purification by HPLC-DAD. Structural determination of pure compounds was based on HRMS, UV, and NMR spectral analyses, in addition to comparison with literature data and Antimarin® databank. UV data indicated the presence of similar chromophores with λmax at ca. 247 and 320nm. HRMS and tandem MS analyses using both negative and positive ion modes for the isolated compounds indicated their molecular formula and structural features, as for QL B1: C15H16O2N2 [M+H 257], which showed one fragment at m/z 214 [-CHNO]; QL B2: C15H16O3N2 [M+H 273], with product ions at m/z 230 [-CHNO.] and m/z 186 [-C4H9NO.]; for QL A: C16H18N2O2 [M+H 271], which presented one ion at m/z 214, due to loss of fragment (-C4H9) from the molecular ion; and for QL D1: C16H18N2O3 [M+H 287], with product ions at m/z 186 [-CHNO] and m/z 230 [-C4H9]. Such data suggested fragmentation proposals, e.g. for Quinolactin B1 (Fig. 1), which confirmed the structures of the isolated quinolactins, and may represent an important contribution for the sustainable exploration of marine biodiversity.