Phytochemical prospection and biological activities of the floral extract Ceiba pubiflora a. St. – hill. (Malvaceae)
Keywords:
phytochemical screening; Ceiba genus; antioxidant activity; total phenols.Abstract
The genus Ceiba has species such as Ceiba pubiflora circumscribed in the Malvaceae family
where it has annual flowering in the Cerrado domain of Brasil. Flowers of C. pubiflora were
collected, and then the extract was produced. Phytochemical analyses, thin-layer chromatography, yield, pH, refractive index and density were performed. Bioactive
compounds were determined by the reduction of DPPH free radicals and total phenols. The
extract yield was 6,88 %, several classes of compounds present as alkaloids, flavonoids and
saponins. The best eluents were acetone and ethyl acetate in thin layer chromatography, the
antioxidant activity showed an inhibition concentration (IC 50 ) of 217,4 mg L -1 and total
phenolic content of 7,26 mg expressed as gallic acid (GAE 100 g -1 ).This study allowed, based
on the unprecedented results of C. pubiflora, further studies to be carried out, due to the
numerous results of great importance, which allow investigating in greater detail the
pharmacological, chemical and bioactive characteristics.
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