Talinum patens: Análise por ativação neutrônica instrumental e prospecção fitoquímica

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

The use of plants for many diseases treatment is a millenary knowledge. These are the great importance for the formation of actual medicine bases. Actually, more than 25 % of the all drugs prescribed in the world are obtained from plants. The medicinal plants and other vegetable materials market reach to around two billions dollars. The researches of natural products depend on different scientific areas integration, therefore with multidisciplinary aspects. The mainly areas involved in these researches are botany, chemistry, pharmacology, and toxicology. In all cases are necessary the use of advanced analytical techniques. From the integration of these different areas appears the use of elemental analysis to determine the presence of some inorganic elements other than hydrogen, carbon and oxygen in plants. This analyze became a target of many researches because chemical elements are components of biologically active compounds, including those with curative properties. The bigger part of these active compounds, called secondary metabolites, is derived from the secondary plant metabolism. Than, search relations between chemical element composition and secondary metabolites represents fundamental step to understand the therapeutic actions of curative plants. Inserted in these context, Talinum patens of the Portulacaceae family is popularly used by the Patos de Minas peoples, for the cuts and wounds treatment, gastrointestinal problems, edemas, body and mental fatigue. The leaves of this plant are used in salads in human nutrition. To contribute for the relationships between elemental composition and secondary metabolites, the T. patens was submitted to phytochemical and elemental analyses. The phytochemical studies employed extraction methods using solvent of different polarity as well as chromatographic techniques. For the elemental analyses was used instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). The results showed a chemical elemental concentration tendency in some extract relatively to others. The data obtained demonstrated that elemental chemicals are included in the structure of molecules encountered in the extracts. It was possible evaluate the nutrition contributions for the popular use forms. The results suggests a realization of epidemiological study to verify the real nutrition contribution and/or undesirable effects of Talinum patens.

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plantas medicinais análise por ativação neutrônica talinum patens metais neutron activation analysis radiochemistry radiochemical analysis quimica analitica radioquímica medicinal plants metals

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