Avaliação fitoquímica da espécie Licania tomentosa (Benth) Fristch

Abstract

Biodiversity provides an almost inexhaustible source of biological resources, among the various sources available in nature, plant species are prominent, since they are used by a large part of the world population in the treatment of diseases, in addition to providing a variety of compounds which are used as medicines, spices, dyes and others. Faced with this, the phytochemistry approaches the plant products in order to study the chemical components, in order to identify which compounds have applicability to the population. The objective of this study was to analyze the phytochemical composition of leaves, stem bark and stem of the species Licania tomentosa (Benth.) Fritsch...Through qualitative tests for the identification of different classes of secondary metabolites, with the result that ethanolic extracts of different parts of the plant presented a differentiated profile. In this perspective, only one of the extracts presented a certain class of secondary metabolite, as is the case of Anthocyanins and Anthocyanidins, and the presence of alkaloids was verified in the three extracts. In general, different classes of secondary metabolites such as phenols, tannins, flavonols, among others, have been identified, thus demonstrating a good phytochemical potential for this species that has not yet been studied.