Phytochemical prospection and biological activities of the floral extract Ceiba pubiflora a. St. – hill. (Malvaceae)

Authors

  • Antonio Carlos Pereira-de-Menezes-Filho Instituto Federal Goiano, Rio Verde, Goiás State, Brasil
  • Marina Chaves-Santos Instituto Federal Goiano, Rio Verde, Goiás State, Brasil
  • Carlos Frederico de Souza-Castro Instituto Federal Goiano, Rio Verde, Goiás State, Brasil
  • Josemar Gonçalves de Oliveira-Filho Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Araraquara, São Paulo State, Brasil
  • Marcela Christofoli Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás State, Brasil

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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Published

2022-06-14

How to Cite

Pereira-de-Menezes-Filho, A. C. ., Chaves-Santos , M. ., Frederico de Souza-Castro, C. ., Oliveira-Filho, J. G. de ., & Christofoli , M. . (2022). Phytochemical prospection and biological activities of the floral extract Ceiba pubiflora a. St. – hill. (Malvaceae). Revista Cubana De Química, 34(2), 333–348. Retrieved from https://cubanaquimica.uo.edu.cu/index.php/cq/article/view/5251

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