“…In Brazil, the genus occurs throughout the country (61 species) and across a variety of biomes (Atlantic Forest, Amazon, Caatinga, Cerrado, Pampas and Pantanal) (Vaz, 2015). Their leaves and stem-bark have been used frequently in folk medicine as a remedy for a wide variety of ailments such as diabetes, infections, pain and inflammation (Cechinel Filho, 2000;da Silva et al, 2000;da Silva and Cechinel Filho, 2002;Cavalcanti and Favoreto, 2005). The major chemical constituents of Bauhinia sp.…”