Phytochemical analysis species Phyllanthus niruri L. (break-stone)

• Autor(a) principal: Rosário, Ana Carolina de Almeida do
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Almeida, Sheylla Susan Moreira da Silva de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estação Científica (UNIFAP)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unifap.br/index.php/estacao/article/view/1176

Medicinal plants are all those that have bioactive properties which help in the treatment of diseases due to its active principle. This research sought to obtain the phytochemical analysis of the species Phyllanthus niruri L. popularly known as break-stone, being popular medicinal use in tea form to treat kidney stones, intestinal infections and used as anti-inflammatory. Where was obtained 0.422 g of crude extract after going through the maceration process. This, held the analysis of the main secondary metabolites the end of this process have been identified five of these chemical constituents: steroids and triterpenoids, alkaloids, depsides and depsidones, reducing sugars and anthraquinones. Related mechanisms of action from the literature of metabolites with the activities alleged by the population of this species. Thus, as the discovery according to the literature of action of steroids such as, for example, the cardioactive glycosides in the treatment of congestive heart failure.