Variation of Ursolic Acid Content in Eight Ocimum Species from Northeastern Brazil

Ursolic acid is a very important compound due to its biological potential as an anti-inflammatory, trypanocidal, antirheumatic, antiviral, antioxidant and antitumoral agent. This study presents the HPLC analysis of ursolic acid (UA) content in eight different Ocimum species: O. americanum L., O. bas...

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Autores principales: Silva, M. Goretti V., Vieira, Ícaro G. P., Mendes, Francisca N. P., Albuquerque, Irineu. L., dos Santos, Rogério N., Silva, Fábio O., Morais, Selene M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2008
Materias:
Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18923339
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules13102482
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Sumario:Ursolic acid is a very important compound due to its biological potential as an anti-inflammatory, trypanocidal, antirheumatic, antiviral, antioxidant and antitumoral agent. This study presents the HPLC analysis of ursolic acid (UA) content in eight different Ocimum species: O. americanum L., O. basilicum L, O. basilicum var purpurascens Benth, O. basilicum var. minimum L, O. gratissimum L, O. micranthum Willd, O. selloi Benth. and O. tenuiflorum L. grown in Northeastern Brazil. In these Ocimum species, UA was detected in different yields, with O. tenuiflorum showing the highest content (2.02%). This yield is very significant when compared with other sources of UA.

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