TITLE:
Secondary Metabolites of the Genus Trichilia: Contribution to the Chemistry of Meliaceae Family
AUTHORS:
Ivo J. Curcino Vieira, Wagner da Silva Terra, Milena dos Santos Gonçalves, Raimundo Braz-Filho
KEYWORDS:
Meliaceae; Trichilia Species; Botanic Aspects; Taxonomical Classification; Pharmacology Data; Chemical Structures of Constituents
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Analytical Chemistry,
Vol.5 No.2,
January
27,
2014
ABSTRACT: According to the
literature data on the chemical composition of the Trichilia genus performed in this work, it can be concluded that
334 different compounds were isolated and identified, distributed in
monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, diterpenes, triterpenes, steroids, limonoids,
coumarins, flavonoids, lignans, phenolic acids, amino acids and lactones.
Together with the structures of this compound, data from botanical classification
and pharmaco-logical results from
extracts and pure compounds on the Trichilia genus were also described. The compounds derived from terpenes pathway were
more significant, corresponding to about 87.7% of isolated and identified
compounds from various Trichilia species.
Among the different terpenoid skeletons of this kind, limonoids were meanly reported, appearing a
total of 33.9% of compounds isolated from several Trichilia species.