Aislamiento, caracterización y actividad biológica de metabolitos secundarios a partir de hojas de plantas con flores femeninas de Hedyosmun strigosum en el cantón Saraguro provincia de Loja

Abstract

Abstract: Hedyosmum strigosum, from the Chloranthaceae family, is an aromatic shrub native to the Andes and the Ecuadorian Amazon, known as Guayusa . The leaves of this species are used as an infusion for its analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects; as well as antispasmodics and antiseptics. In the present work, a hydrolysis of the ethyl acetate extract was carried out, resulting in a molecule, a cis-pinocarveol alcohol linked to a 4-hydroxycinnamic acid. The compound of terpenic origin methyl-3,4-methylenedioxy-5-methoxybenzoate was identified in the hexane extract. The identification of these compounds was done using spectroscopic techniques: TLC, GC-MS and RM.