Obtención de un elixir digestivo usando como edulcorante natural no calórico la fracción enriquecida en hernandulcin de la especie Buscapina (Lippia dulcis)

Abstract

Abstract: The elixir prepared in the present investigation corresponds to a liquid pharmaceutical form based on plants with medicinal digestive properties macerated with ethanol and sweetened with the sweet sesquiterpene hernanducin extracted from the species Lippia dulcis Trevir., offering an alternative to traditional elixirs made with caloric sweeteners that affect to people's health such as diabetes and obesity. Once the best formulation through sensory tests (25% Ethanol, 5g of Mentha piperita, 3g of Matricaria chamomilla and 2 g of Clinopodium brownei), the controls of quality that ensures its correct preparation, obtaining average pH values ​​(5.5), alcoholic degree (18.6°) and shelf life analysis (5 months of storage at temperature environment), certifying that the preformulation of the elixir is within the established parameters and that is suitable for human consumption as there are no changes in its chemical and mycorbiological composition.