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RESUMO: "Arrabidaea chica (HBK) Verlot: abordagem fi toquímica, atividades tripanocida e antifúngica". Arrabidaea chica (HBK.) Verlot (Bignoniaceae) popularmente, "Pariri", é um arbusto escandente, distribuído do sul do México até a Guiana e Brasil central e é tradicionalmente indicado para tratar sintomas de infl amações e afecções da pele. Seu extrato etanólico foi quimicamente investigado e testado contra leveduras e fungos dermatófi tos. A atividade tripanocida do mesmo extrato foi também avaliada. Este trabalho reporta o isolamento de três fl avonóides, a inibição total do crescimento de Trichophyton mentagrophytes e um signifi cante efeito tripanocida do extrato etanólico e de suas frações. Não foi detectada qualquer toxicidade aguda relevante, mesmo a uma dose de 1000 mg/kg. Unitermos: Arrabidaea chica, Bignoniaceae, fl avonóides, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, atividade antifúngica, Trypanosoma cruzi, efeito tripanocida. ABSTRACT:Arrabidaea chica (HBK.) Verlot (Bignoniaceae) vernacular name "Pariri", is a climbing shrub, widespread from South Mexico to Guyana and central Brazil and is traditionally indicated to treat symptoms of infl ammations and skin affections. Its ethanol extract was chemically investigated and tested against yeasts and dermatophytic fungi. The trypanocidal activity of the same extract was also evaluated. This work reports the isolation of three fl avonoids, the total growth inhibition of Trichophyton mentagrophytes and a signifi cant trypanocidal effect of the ethanol extract and its fractions. No relevant acute toxicity was detected even at a dose of 1000 mg/kg.

The development of inclusion complexes is used to encapsulate nonpolar compounds and improve their physicochemical characteristics. This study aims to develop complexes made up of Euterpe oleracea Mart oil (EOO) and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) or hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) by either kneading (KND) or slurry (SL). Complexes were analyzed by molecular modeling, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry analysis and differential scanning calorimetry. The antibacterial activity was expressed as Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC), and the antibiotic resistance modulatory activity as subinhibitory concentration (MIC/8) against Escherichia coli, Streptomyces aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis. Inclusion complexes with β-CD and HP-β-CD were confirmed, and efficiency was proven by an interaction energy between oleic acid and β-CD of −41.28 ± 0.57 kJ/mol. MIC values revealed higher antibacterial activity of complexes compared to the isolated oil. The modulatory response of EOO and EOO-β-CD prepared by KND as well as of EOO-β-CD and EOO-HP-β-CD prepared by SL showed a synergistic effect with ampicillin against E. coli, whereas it was not significant with the other drugs tested, maintaining the biological response of antibiotics. The antimicrobial response exhibited by the complexes is of great significance because it subsidizes studies for the development of new pharmaceutical forms.

Background:Folk medicine uses preparations of Arrabidaea chica (pariri) leaves to treat various liver pathologies. We evaluated the effects of the hydroethanolic extract of these leaves (CHEE) on an in vivo model of liver intoxication.Materials and Methods:Different groups of rats were treated orally for 7 days with CHEE at doses of 300, 500 or 600 mg/kg or silymarin at 35 mg/kg. The control group received only 0.5 ml of distilled water. After 7 days of treatment, both the groups received CCl4, and activities of glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT), glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) and bilirubin level were assessed. The ability of CHEE to suppress hepatic injury triggered by CCl4 was evaluated based on suppression (%) of activities of GOT, GPT and bilirubin levels.Results:The chromatograms of the CHEE obtained at 330 and 400 nm show features of two main classes of secondary metabolites: quinones and flavonoids. The administration of 300, 500 or 600 mg/kg of CHEE resulted in the reduction of GPT levels by 85.34%, 88.59% and 93.72%, respectively. The suppression of GOT levels was 56.86%, 65.27% and 68.95%, respectively, and that of plasma bilirubin was 83.81%, 83.12% and 84.14%, respectively. These results demonstrate the protective character of CHEE and its ability to maintain the functional integrity of hepatic cells.Conclusions:The results obtained are possibly due to the presence of quinones and flavonoids in A. chica CHEE, both detected using high performance liquid chromatography.

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To better understand the biological properties of cupuassu seed residue resulting from fruit industrial processing, its antioxidant activity was determined by both the 2,2‐diphenyl‐1‐picrylhydrazyl and 2,2′‐azino‐bis(3‐ethylbenzothiazoline‐6‐sulfonic acid) assays. Molecular modeling was used to correlate the antiradical power of eleven known cupuassu phenolic compounds with their structures. The extract antioxidant activity by both methods was very high compared with those of similar residues. The properties of the highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals indicate that the most energetically stable compounds possess the highest antioxidant activity. This was confirmed through the molecular electrostatic potential map by the nucleophilic surfaces on the oxygen atoms of carbonyl and hydroxyl groups.

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Neste trabalho investigou-se a caracterização físico-química da seiva casca da Ucuúba (Virola surinamensis Warb.). A seiva foi coletada de uma árvore de Ucuúba (Virola surinamensis Warb.) localizada na Ilha das Onças, Município de Barcarena, Estado do Pará, cujas coordenadas foram determinadas por GPS (Global Positioning System). A identificação botânica foi realizada e a exsicata depositada no Herbário HF Profa Normélia Vasconcelos ICB-UFPa. A seiva foi caracterizada em termos de densidade relativa, viscosidade cinemática e pH. Os alcalóides foram separados/extraídos da seiva utilizando-se uma extração ácido-base com clorofórmio. A identificação química da Taspina foi realizada via UHPLC. Determinou-se o perfil fitoquímico qualitativo da seiva da casca da Ucuúba (ácidos orgânicos, acucares redutores, alcalóides, antraquinonas, azulenos, catequinas, cumarinas, depsídios, depsidonas, esteróides, triterpenóides, fenóis, taninos, flavonóides, glicosídeos, polissacarídeos, proteínas, aminoácidos, purinas, espurinas, saponinas, lactonas, e sesquiterpeno-lactonas). Os resultados das propriedades físico-químicas mostraram valores para a densidade, viscosidade cinemática e pH de 1,0709 (g/cm³), 2,06 (cm²/s) e 3,22, respectivamente, confirmando que a seiva possui um elevado teor de água na sua composição. O UHPLC da seiva identificou a presença de Taspina em baixas concentrações. O perfil fitoquímico qualitativo da seiva da casca da Ucuúba (Virola surinamensis Warb.) identificou a presença de alcalóides, antraquinonas, catequinas, depsidonas, fenóis, taninos, glicosídeos, purinas e saponinas.