CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL EXTRACTED FROM THE FRUITS OF SUCUPIRA

Maycon de Paula Ribeiro Torres; Marina Rafaela Zabot da Guia; Rafael Laurindo Morales; Dênia Mendes de Sousa Valladão

doi:10.31413/

Autores

Maycon de Paula Ribeiro Torres mayconprt@gmail.com
Institute of Health Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, MT, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8650-8080
Marina Rafaela Zabot da Guia marinarzguia@gmail.com
Institute of Health Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, MT, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2050-0558
Rafael Laurindo Morales rafaellmoralesrm@gmail.com
Institute of Health Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, MT, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8538-9956
Dênia Mendes de Sousa Valladão deniavalladao@gmail.com
Institute of Health Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, MT, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2643-1963

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31413/

Palavras-chave:

Pterodon emarginatus Vogel, stability, ethnopharmacological importance

Resumo

Caracterização do óleo essencial extraído dos frutos de sucupira

RESUMO: Pterodon emarginatus Vogel é uma árvore do Cerrado brasileiro utilizada na medicina popular desde o século XIX; o óleo essencial de seu fruto apresenta grande potencial para diversas atividades biológicas. O objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar esse óleo essencial, obtido de duas fontes distintas (um extraído em laboratório e outro do mercado brasileiro), por meio das técnicas GC-MS, FTIR, DSC e TG. A análise de CG-MS mostrou que os óleos essenciais apresentavam composições distintas; no entanto, ambos continham sesquiterpenos, terpenoides e álcoois graxos. A análise FTIR reforçou os dados de composição obtidos pela GC-MS. As análises DSC e TG mostraram que ambos os óleos essenciais são termicamente estáveis até 70 °C. Suas temperaturas de vaporização foram ligeiramente diferentes, provavelmente devido às suas composições distintas. O óleo essencial de P. emarginatus apresentou características semelhantes às de outros óleos essenciais e uma composição que o torna promissor para estudos futuros.

Palavras-chave: Pterodon emarginatus; estabilidade; importância etnofarmacológica; Cerrado brasileiro.

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