Análise química do óleo essencial e extratos da espécie Aniba Canelilla

Abstract

The phytochemical study of plant species, in the search for compounds with biological properties and / or as a source of drugs useful in the treatment and cure of diseases, has increased over the years. Among these plant species are those of the family Lauraceae that is designated as one of the oldest families belonging to the Magnoliophyta division and its world distribution is about 1900 species, of which 390 are found in Brazil, thus contributing approximately 20 % of the total of these species. In the search for plants with fundamental properties for the industries of diverse areas, the essential oils and the organic extracts obtained from medicinal species of the family Lauraceae are explored. The Aniba canelilla species from the Amazon region is widely used in folk medicine as bark and leaf teas against arthriticism, nervous exhaustion as a reducer of blood albumin for hydrops, among others. The present work aims to analyze the chemical profile of the leaves, stem and trunk of the Aniba canelilla species collected in Jacundá-PA, through the extraction of essential oil and organic extract. The extraction method used was hydrodistillation and soxhlet extraction. The chemical profile of the obtained materials was analyzed by 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Gas Chromatography coupled to Mass Spectrometry, where it was verified that in the extract of the leaves and essential oil the compound 1-nitro-2-phenylethane was the major compound, results which are in agreement with those found in the literature.