Chemical composition of the essential oil and fixed oil Bauhinia pentandra (Bong.) D. Dietr

Macia C. S. de Almeida; Luciana G. S. Souza; Daniele A. Ferreira; Francisco J. Q. Monte; Raimundo Braz-Filho; Telma L. G. de Lemos

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Pharmacognosy Magazine,2015,11,44s1,s362-s364.

DOI:10.4103/0973-1296.166015

Published:September 2015

Type:Original Article

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Macia C. S. de Almeida¹, Luciana G. S. Souza¹, Daniele A. Ferreira¹, Francisco J. Q. Monte¹, Raimundo Braz-Filho², Telma L. G. de Lemos¹
¹ Departamento de Química Orgânica e Inorgânica, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil
² Setor de Química de Produtos Naturais, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes-RJ, Brazil

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Background: Bauhinia pentandrais popularly known as "mororó" and inhabits the Caatinga and Savannah biomes. Objective: This paper reports the chemical composition of the essential and fatty oils of the leaves from B. pentandra. Materials and Methods: The essential oil was obtained by hydrodistillation and the fixed oil by extraction with hexane, followed by saponification with KOH/MeOH, and methylation using MeOH/HCl. The constituents were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Results: The major constituent of the essential oil was the phytol (58.78% ±8.51%), and of the fatty oil were palmitic (29.03%), stearic (28.58%) and linolenic (10.53%) acids. Conclusion: Of the compounds identified in the essential oil, three are first reported in this species, and this is the first record of the chemical composition of the fixed oil.