Atividade antioxidante da Annona muricata: um estudo de revisão

Abstract

Annona muricata, popularly known as soursop, has antioxidant power in combating various cancers, through secondary metabolites alkaloids, flavonoids and mainly acetogenin that can be found in various parts of the plant such as leaves, stem, bark and seeds. The present study seeks to reflect on the antioxidant power of Annona muricata through a bibliographical survey. For this purpose, qualitative research with a descriptive-exploratory approach was used in research sources cataloged in the Web of Science database with national and international academic works published in the years 2013 to 2023, using the term Annona muricata in combination with Acetogenin, Alkaloids and Antioxidant. As a result, 385 articles were obtained, which with subsequent analysis remained only 276 articles that presented the information of interest for this study. To better understand the subject covered in this research, 8 articles were selected that presented information about the antioxidant capacity of the fruit. In this way, the presence of several secondary metabolites can be observed, such as alkaloids, acetogenin, terpenoids, flavonoids and phenolics, presenting pharmacological activities, with anticancer properties.