PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF EXTRACTS FROM THE ATLANTIC FOREST SPECIES WOOD

Autores

• Hanna Lisa Leffever Ribeiro dos SantosUFRRJ
• Natalia SouzaUFRRJ
• Nathalia Rodrigues MacedoUFRRJ
• João Paulo da Silva RamosUFRRJ
• Ananias Francisco Dias JúniorUFES
• Alexandre NascimentoUFRRJ

Resumo

The extractives are responsible for some characteristics of wood, such as color, smell, natural resistance to rot, taste, and abrasive properties. In addition, its content and composition vary between species of wood. The objective of this work was to present a phytochemical analysis of wood extractives of native species of the Atlantic Forest, aiming at the characterization of some classes of secondary metabolites. The phytochemical tests for the detection of classes of metabolites present in Croton Urucurana Baill, Pelthoforum dubium (Spreng.) Taub., Jacaranda cuspidifolia Mart., and Hymenaea courbaril L were carried out with crude wood, hydrophilic extract (methanol), and lipophilic extract (cyclohexane). Phytochemical analysis detected the presence of alkaloids, phenolic compounds, and triterpenoids in all the hydrophilic extracts of the species studied. Saponins were only detected in P. dubium and J. cuspidifolia. Phytochemical analysis permitted the identification of several metabolites, suggesting possible pharmacological actions of the species studied.

Palavras-chave

Chemical composition, Wood extractives, Secondary wood metabolites.

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