Química Nova (Feb 2005)

Constituintes químicos voláteis e não-voláteis de Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willdenow) Sprengel Volatile and non-volatile chemical constituents of Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willdenow) Sprengel

  • Sheyla Cristiane Xenofonte de Almeida,
  • Telma Lêda Gomes de Lemos,
  • Edilberto Rocha Silveira,
  • Otília Deusdênia Loiola Pessoa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422005000100012
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 1
pp. 57 – 60

Abstract

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The essential oils from leaves, root bark and root wood of Cochlospermum vitifolium were investigated for the first time. The oils were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC/MS. The main volatile constituents were beta-caryophyllene (8.2 - 46.5%), beta-bisabolene (11.5 - 29.3%), gamma-muurolene (28.4%), alpha-humulene (26.0%), 1-hydroxy-3-hexadecanone (16.2 - 19.5%) and beta-pinene (10.6%). Phytochemical analysis of the root bark and root wood extracts yielded excelsin, pinoresinol, narigenin, aromadendrin, galic acid and a triacylbenzene, along with beta-sitosterol and stigmasterol and their D-glucosides. The structures of all compounds were determined by analyses of the spectroscopic data (NMR and MS), and comparison with the literature.

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